Comments on: Bits and Bobs http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/ A server for the people !!! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:10:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Linux WHS Alternative HipServ « MS Windows Home Server http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-3531 Linux WHS Alternative HipServ « MS Windows Home Server Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:39:54 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-3531 [...] the past we have posted information about Linux alternatives to Windows home Server including the Ubuntu Home Server Edition [...] [...] the past we have posted information about Linux alternatives to Windows home Server including the Ubuntu Home Server Edition [...]

]]> By: Philip Churchill http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-2021 Philip Churchill Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:05:06 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-2021 Hi Graham Wilson, Thanks for your comment. Yes I used to use the commercial version of <a href="http://www.serverelements.com/" rel="nofollow">NASLite</a> before moving to WHS and it was very good as a central storage medium, but I do prefer WHS since it does so much more, backup etc. Hi Graham Wilson,
Thanks for your comment. Yes I used to use the commercial version of NASLite before moving to WHS and it was very good as a central storage medium, but I do prefer WHS since it does so much more, backup etc.

]]> By: Graham Wilson http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-2020 Graham Wilson Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:03:34 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-2020 Hello Philip, Firstly thank you for the execellent newsletter on the Windows Home Server which I am hoping to implement when it is finally available in New Zealand. You mentioned a couple of Linux Home Server products in the current newsletter, so I thought I would just let you know about one that I have been using in a business environment for nearly 3 years. It is NASlite from serverelements.com. I have been using the basic free version which runs from a 1.44MHz boot floppy, for storing service manuals (I work in the electronics service industry) and have servers working without in 3 of our branches. These pretty much just go and go without any maintenance and seem to recover automatically after power failures (only one is on a UPS). The free version of NASlite is little more than software to turn your PC (100MHz 486 or better) into a storage device (with no security) but the later commercial versions have more features built in (including Raid, auto backups etc) and are very reasonably priced and I am currently experimenting with one of them. Hello Philip,

Firstly thank you for the execellent newsletter on the Windows Home Server which I am hoping to implement when it is finally available in New Zealand.

You mentioned a couple of Linux Home Server products in the current newsletter, so I thought I would just let you know about one that I have been using in a business environment for nearly 3 years. It is NASlite from serverelements.com. I have been using the basic free version which runs from a 1.44MHz boot floppy, for storing service manuals (I work in the electronics service industry) and have servers working without in 3 of our branches. These pretty much just go and go without any maintenance and seem to recover automatically after power failures (only one is on a UPS). The free version of NASlite is little more than software to turn your PC (100MHz 486 or better) into a storage device (with no security) but the later commercial versions have more features built in (including Raid, auto backups etc) and are very reasonably priced and I am currently experimenting with one of them.

]]> By: Philip Churchill http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-1980 Philip Churchill Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:18:39 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-1980 Hi Brian, Thanks for your comment. The UHS project will have Cross-Platform Client Support so Windows, Linux and Macintosh (OSX) client computers will be natively supported. Hi Brian,
Thanks for your comment. The UHS project will have Cross-Platform Client Support so Windows, Linux and Macintosh (OSX) client computers will be natively supported.

]]> By: Brian http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-1979 Brian Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:07:34 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/16/bits-and-bobs-2/#comment-1979 I was wondering when the Linux community would start work on a competitor to WHS. I was in the beta test for WHS and was quite impressed with the product, but now being down to one functioning Windows computer alongside the Mac and Linux machines on my network, decided that it wasn't the product that fit my particular needs. I'd like to see if either of these Linux options has better multi-OS integration than Home Server does. I'd love to have the ease of WHS backups on Mac and Linux. I was wondering when the Linux community would start work on a competitor to WHS. I was in the beta test for WHS and was quite impressed with the product, but now being down to one functioning Windows computer alongside the Mac and Linux machines on my network, decided that it wasn’t the product that fit my particular needs.

I’d like to see if either of these Linux options has better multi-OS integration than Home Server does. I’d love to have the ease of WHS backups on Mac and Linux.

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