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Choosing the Right Shared Storage

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| Older PCs are well suited for building a Linux-based home server. Most
| current Linux distros ship with the Samba networking software installed, or
| just a package download away. It's fairly straightforward to configure Samba
| to work with Windows, Macs, and other Linux systems.  
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http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2307036,00.asp

Days ago:

Microsoft Pulls Windows Home Server Backup Feature

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| The We Got Served blog cited several messages on the Windows Home Server
| (WHS) support forum from Power Pack 1 beta testers who claimed server-wide
| backup had been ditched because of difficult-to-solve bugs.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146013/microsoft_pulls_...

Recent:

Microsoft admits big delay on Home Server bug fix

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| Microsoft has admitted that it will not deliver a fix to a Windows Home
| Server data corruption bug it first discovered late last year until June at
|                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| the earliest.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/11/microsoft_windows_home_server...

Windows Home Server bug corrupts files

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| Given that the point of Windows Home Server is to allow you to store
| your media files, a bug in the storage process that could result in
| corrupted files is bound to get attention.
|
| Microsoft has issued a support document for the 13 or so (just
| kidding) people using Windows Home Server, the company's latest
| product for those attempting to build the digital home of the future.
| Apparently there's a flaw in the way Windows Home Server works with
| certain Microsoft applications, such as Windows Vista Photo Gallery,
| that could result in corrupted files if you use those applications to
| save files to the server. A list of the specific applications can be
| found in the support document.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9838093-37.html?tag=newsmap

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* Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:

I'm with Tim on this one, Roy.  Your Subject is very misleading.
Nowhere are landfills mentioned in the article.

And, more importantly, the Subject should be

   Home Server Becomes Landfill Material

(Just above the Vista Upgrade Layer, by the way.)

<grins>

--
Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic
competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
   -- Bill Gates

Well I'm with all of you on this on as home server while a noble idea has
been less than exciting.
IOW lot's of problems with it.

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

____/ Linonut on Tuesday 20 May 2008 17:49 : \____

I've always hesitated when using this term "home server", which Microsoft
probably coined to make a backup unit (and some gizmos) seem like more than it
is... other than a shredder of photos, finances, etc. Remember that retention
was its key function, the 'bread and butter' which Microsoft screwed up badly
while paying attention to things nobody will use.

--
                ~~ Best of wishes

The Intel-Dell-MS oligopoly/treo can be weakened by competition (Freedom)
http://Schestowitz.com  |  GNU is Not UNIX  |     PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
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Who cares what *you do* Roy Schestowitz.
You totally over estimate your importance to the Linux community.

Most in the community wish you would just leave.

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/