Add-In: Digital ArcHound – Digital Archiving for Windows Home Server

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Digital ArcHound is digital archiving software that allows you to quickly store digital copies of all of your documents so that you can not only get rid of the bulky papers, copies of bills, old tax records, receipts, etc, but quickly access them digitally using your Home Server and the ArcHound search engine.

Available as an add-in for Windows Home Server, you can monitor the status of your digital archives on the server via the console. Which even allows you to make critical backups to external hard drives or memory “thumb” drives for storage in your safe or safety deposit box.

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Digital ArcHound is currently available as a free beta and licensing details and a availability date are to be announced.

More information and downloads.

Thanks to We Got Served for the original information.

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Sonos Software WHS Compatible

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Sonos is a multi-room wireless system that lets you stream your digital music all over your house from any PC which can include a Windows Home Server. Well, good news the software has been updated to version 2.5 build 8646171 which improves compatibility for streaming music tracks from the Windows Home Server and has been praised within their forums.

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WHS Website Launches in Japan

Today in Japan Microsoft’s official website for Windows Home Server was launched @ http://www.microsoft.com/japan/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx

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Japan we welcome you.

Thanks to Łukasz Foks for the info.

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The PC Gear Home Server

Technology site Geekzone has a review on The PC Gear Home Server from New Zealand supplier PC Gear. Priced at $1,199.90 incl. GST ($905, £442) it’s not cheap, but it includes the following:

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  • Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 CPU
  • Gigabyte LGA775 Motherboard with Gigabit LAN
  • 1GB DDR2 RAM (dual channel)
  • 1 Terabyte of storage (2x 500GB SATAII Drives)
  • Thermaltake Matrix ATX Case
  • Thermaltake 430W Power Supply
  • Microsoft Windows Home Server

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WHS User’s Guide – Get It Today

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If you’re searching for a practical and comprehensive guide to installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Windows Home Server, then we have the answer for you.

Written for the Beginner to Advanced IT enthusiasts, Andrew Edney’s new book the Windows Home Server User’s Guide should be in the warehouses next week and on their way to your favorite book store. But if you can’t wait that long to get your hands on a copy then the publishers Apress have the eBook version available for download right now for the discounted rate of $17.50

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Bits and Bobs

Reviews -All Four

We have four reviews from around the web on Windows Home Server. First up is the small network builders resource PracticallyNetworked.com with their review. Next is technology enthusiast Paul Smith, with his run down of Home Server and then Christopher Price has a review of Windows Home Server on his site entitled “Building the Next Generation Windows Home Server“. Where this review is different is that Chris has used suggestions in his article, to make it a product that’s even greater than it already is. And finally developer Ken Robertson from qgyen.net explains why he moved from his ready made NAS product called the ReadyNAS NV to the superior WHS with it’s redundant storage

Wanted – Your Help

Fellow blog reader Bob Crook has been in contact, because he needs your help. Over to you Bob:

22866889 “…one aspect of WHS that I am particularly interested in is a natural follow-on from one of the things that I do, namely servicing Affordable Senior Housing Projects in the metro Denver area where I have built computer labs and provide residents with hook-ups to free high speed Internet be it wired or wireless.  I am looking to install multiple Windows Home Servers in every project so that the very low income seniors who have computers usually provided by their kin, can avoid the expense of computer failures and also protect their myriad archives of pictures, videos and genealogy records.  So experience of multiple WHS’s in a single network is what I am looking for.  I might also blog about my experiences since sharing of knowledge makes a better world.  Know any donors who might be interested and consider donating WHS’s?”

So can you readers help him by either sharing your experience of multiple Windows Home Servers in a single network or by donating parts, complete WHS’s the software, or cash for this worthy cause?

The email address to contact for donations and more information is available here.

Keep us informed of your experiences of this Bob.

Windows Home Server on Virtual Server

If Virtual Server and a virtual machine mean anything to you, then the jaybaz [MS] WebLog has a few bits of advice for you.

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