MS Windows Home Server

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.