Mines been solid all this year. I found that for each system I have a user account created for it and that solved the password issue (since each system is mostly for one person it works out fine). I also use it as the print server for everyone so that is nice as well.
While there are times when I like to play IT at home, in general I don't want to finagle and experiment with stuff that is protecting my families data/services or my customer (wife) gets irate. At work we have a separate lab, so at home I have a separate lab. :) On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Lee Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > I ran Home Server for ~ 2 years on an HP Media Center PC. I understand it's > based on Server 2003, dumbed down a bit. It mostly worked OK, but had some > strange quirks - for instance, it would complain if the password on a PC was > not the same as the user account on the server. It would still work, it just > seemed to want to complain from time to time. It seemed to do a decent job > of balancing its load over the various discs and was generally unobtrusive. > There's a free utility available - Google for it - that would let you launch > other programs from within the Server UI, so you could use the box for > other things if you wished. The connector software between the individual > PCs and the server was a bit flaky and I finally got tired of the nuisance. > > If all you want is backup, there are lots of free programs that will do > that for you. Set up the server to share it's big drives and let each PC > backup to it on a set schedule. > > YMMV > > > > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:10 PM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My direct needs are for storage only, but I was wondering whether it would >> be a good idea to try and get some of the extra bells and whistles that Home >> Server or the like provides. As my kids get a bit older, obviously some of >> the backup and multimedia functionality that users can utilize would be >> nice...although there are always ways I could configure things like that >> myself, should I want to. >> >> I'm a bit undecided, but I've got plenty food for thought >> here....cheers... >> >> On 12 October 2010 15:50, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What do you intend to do with this server besides provide storage? Your >>> topic says server, but your comments imply NAS. >>> >>> Home Server seems okay, but I would think you could do just as well with >>> a more direct configuration. >>> >>> I built a nice virtual host server for my home network for under $1500, >>> and that was in 2008. Would be even less expensive to do today. >>> >>> >>> *-ASB* >>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:57 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Any recommendations for a reliable and hopefully fairly cheap server >>>> system for the home? One of my colleagues recommended the HP MediaSmart >>>> ex475 coupled with Windows Home Server, are there anything else people can >>>> recommend? Also, does Windows Home Server offer any particular software or >>>> benefits or is it just aimed at being simple for the non-technical user? I >>>> can see it has backup and remote access capabilities - I'm not really that >>>> bothered about the remote access features for sharing across the internet, >>>> but anything else is probably a plus. How much extra does the Home Server >>>> stuff give you when compared to some sort of baby NAS device like a >>>> TeraStation? >>>> >>>> I was hoping to be able to get something decent for under £1000, at the >>>> least. Storage, availability and backup are probably the primary concerns >>>> I'm addressing, but I'm open to all sorts of other features as well. I >>>> don't >>>> have masses of data at the moment, but I might start storing VM files on >>>> there for some testing purposes, so I'll probably need a wedge of capacity. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put >>>> into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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