By Philip Churchill on December 18th, 2007
Tranquil PC's T2-WHS-A3 Harmony Home Server Review
We Got Served has a full detailed review of Tranquil PC’s T2-WHS-A3 Harmony Home Server. Reviewer Terry Walsh concludes his review by saying that:
“…if you’re looking for a powerful home server that looks great and has the potential to grow with your digital needs, Tranquil PC’s T2-WHS-A3 has got the lot.”
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WHS is based on Wndows Server 2003. It’s obsolete, and Microsoft knows this. That’s why Server 2008 supersedes 2003. Home Servers already require more than what WHS offers as of December 2007.
The digital needs of home end users demand higher standards, but are given slower hardware. Isn’t it interesting how Windows Vista demands the fastest hardware, the largest ram memory to just work, while WHS which would actually benefit from using better and faster hardware is reduced to Windows 98 hardware!
How many WHS are being sold using today’s hardware?
Even HP’s WHS is certainly behind current standards as far as PC’s are concerned. Take for example, how HP WHS continues to use obsolete noisy fans to disapate heat.
Take for example, how there are no Hyperthreading WHS, and what about WHS as x64bit?
To me this WHS is more of an Windows 2003 extension, an add-on if you will. Keep in mind how Firefox allows add-ons for FREE.
WHS doesn’t make your operating system better, it just copies, what you already got. Sort like a clone, a replicate or reproduction.
How about offering in Windows Operating System more abilities and functions such as to redistribute our files than having consumers or end users purchase additional computers?
WHS is a computer minus the keyboard and mouse. It has a CPU, system board and ram memory, plus a hard drive or more. Why would anyone want to pay $800 or more for a computer that is incomplete?
Anyone can turn a complete computer into a server by the way.
I think you are missing the point regarding WHS, or you are just mad at Microsoft for being Microsoft. The latest and greatest hardware is not needed for the tasks of being a centralized file server. Yes it is built upon Windows Server 2003, but to date, Windows Server 2003 is very stable, scalable and performs very well. What would be the purpose of creating a brand new OS just for this simple task?
In learning about WHS, you need to understand that there are two main usage groups. Those who will use it just as it comes out of the box, and those who will integrate add-ins to extend the functionality of the server. Group 1 has no need for hardware requirements beyond the minimum minus the obvious need to add more storage as needed. Group 2 are those who will consider building their own WHS systems. They will pick the hardware that will best match their needs, should they decide to use WHS as a video distribution server or anything else that requires more processing power.
As to free add-ons. There are plenty of free WHS add-ons already by independent developers. This doesn’t mean that all add-ons are free, and I believe the same goes for Firefox. Neither Mozilla or Firefox are going to force a developer to release their add-ons for free.
Thanks for your comments Azo Ito and Spineless.