Backup Data and More

Tranquil PC have put up two some flash demos on Windows Home Server.The first is dedicated to the home user and takes you through backing up, streaming, centralizing storage, remote access, adding hard drives, network health and user accounts.

The business use demo takes us through some amazing facts and figures, which is good since 55% of Tranquil PC sales of their Home Servers are actually in use, protecting and supporting small businesses. Larger business will no doubt be using other Microsoft Server OS, but for small business, it seems WHS is a real winner.

Some useful facts……

  • In the UK there are 1.7M businesses with under 10 employees.
  • 98% of all business do not carry out a daily data backup.
  • 55% of file backups that are carried out are incomplete.
  • 55% of data backup restore processes fail.
  • By the 7th day of a major data loss, companies experience a 25% loss in overall income. By the 25th day it is 40%. For modern businesses with IT based systems, the effects from losses are more aggressive.
  • 43% of companies that experience a severe data loss and that have no data backup plan in place never re-open.
  • Even those companies that try to recover could be out of business within 2 years of major data loss, according to a study by the National Archives and Records Administration

All worrying stuff really, and data often used by PC backup software companies to sell their products.

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Add-In: LightsOut

LightsOut

The power management add-in LightOut  is now available for download. The add-in allows you to place your home server in standby or hibernation mode at specific times as set via a calendar. To avoid the risk of data loss, the server will cleverly never go to sleep during an active data backup or during the cleaning up of a data backup.

The documentation is currently only available in German. English language will follow.

More info from the German language Home Server Blog. (English translation via Google)

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WHS Can tell you when it’s about to shut off due to a power outage

Have you ever wished that your Windows Home Server would tell you when it’s about to shut off due to a power outage?

Well it can be done. Blogger Sean Daniel shows us by using a UPS, configuring the alerts in the power management control panel and by using 1 of 2 VBS scripts. All the details are in Sean’s article I can’t do it Captain, I just don’t have the power!

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