MS Windows Home Server

The Home Server Show Podcast is now at episode 5 and includes an interview with Alex Kuretz from MediaSmartServer.net along will the usual mix of news and announcements.

Listen to it here.

As we announced last week a copy of Windows Search 4.0 is available for Windows Home Server users. If you would like to know what is new, check out the following article at Maximum PC.

Software Architect Eric Charran had an eHome vision for his household. His goal was to access music, photos, videos, movies and TV shows (both live or recorded) from any TV or computer in the house and stop relying on physical media. For example, he no longer had to walk upstairs to get a DVD that he was watching in the bedroom to bring downstairs. Because its on shared hard disk storage, he can now access it from any media center (or extender) in the house.

He also wanted his eHome to have the spousal acceptance factor. It had to operate easily, intuitively and efficiently and his setup would also need a safety net using cloud concepts where critical data would be backed up “in the cloud”.

Using a copy of Windows Home Server, the KeepVault online backup add-in and copies of Vista SP1 Charran’s eHome is now complete.

The full story including details on how to make a DVD Library available from any computer are available in the post Architecture of the Charran eHome.

One guy is throwing a few components together and building a Windows Home Server into a wooden cabinet. A beautiful symphony of woodworking and computing all in one project. The details and part list are available in part 1 Building a Windows Home Server – Craftsman Style.