From: Robert Comer 

>so Microsoft has reinvented RAID?

Equating it TO RAID really doesn't do it justice, it's not a replacement
for RAID, it's something new.

>Windows client  only will leave me out of
>the loop

You *only* run server version on all your PC's?  Even I don't do that.

>It does not use RAID, but instead uses a RAID-like drive pooling system with
>built-in redundancy. Expanding capacity is as simple as adding

I'm not sure how much I can talk about the actual guts, but it's not RAID
like as I said above.  As for adding storage, yep, it's easy just to plug
in a new disk and tell it to use it.

> The client software, which is installable only on Windows PCs (duh)
>monitors PC health, manages backups, and supports full disk images and
>versions. If your computer crashes hard you can pop in an restore CD and
>it'll pull the disk image over the network.

It also functions as a home file share server (with redundancy if you want it)

It would be nice with more clients, but it would be pretty hard, it uses
client side stuff to do the backup, and if that stuff isn't there...

Restores are awesome, it's not an all or nothing from the last backup either...

--
Bob Comer



On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:56:48 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>so Microsoft has reinvented RAID? Windows client  only will leave me out of
>the loop
>
>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/windows-home-server-everything-you-need-fea
tures-rundown-scre/
>
>It does not use RAID, but instead uses a RAID-like drive pooling system with
>built-in redundancy. Expanding capacity is as simple as adding
>
> The client software, which is installable only on Windows PCs (duh)
>monitors PC health, manages backups, and supports full disk images and
>versions. If your computer crashes hard you can pop in an restore CD and
>it'll pull the disk image over the network.
>
>"Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
>news:panf03hlq5adqipkvn0d8s7iantdcjejsu{at}4ax.com...
>> Price point might be a problem at home, hard to tell.  I'll be running
>> one I think. 
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:38:41 -0400, Richard B. 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:44:49 -0400, Robert Comer
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Windows Home Server is very cool.
>>>
>>>I've read a little about it, wonder if it well get embraced.
>>>
>>>- Richard
>

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