Using WHS for Longer Term Archiving

Developer Brendan Grant has written an article highlighting that some users are using Windows Home Server for longer term archiving. e.g.to safeguard the last state of a PC before it is scrapped.

Brendan states while this is an option, there are a few areas that should be considered before relying on Windows Home Server for long term archiving, one of those being that WHS can only backup up to 10 PCs, which includes those PCs which are no longer actively being backed up.

One solution is to use Virtual PC 2007 to create a new virtual machine and virtual hard disk and store your archives their instead. If that is the route you would like to take then Microsoft’s Brendan will take you step by step through the details.

Read it here.

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HP MediaSmart Server Price Drop

Great news for those of you in the US wishing to purchase a MediaSmart Server. Yesterday HP announced that it is dropping the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price for both models in the range, the EX470 and the EX475 of the MediaSmart Server.  You should see these price drops reflected in HP’s channel partner prices very soon.

You can now purchase the EX470 for $549.99, a $50 drop in MSRP and you can purchase the EX475 for $649.99, a $100 drop in MSRP.

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