Niveus Adding WHS Requirement

Today was the 1st day at CEDIA 2009 in Atlanta, a trade event for the residential custom installation industry and on display by Microsoft was a home server powered by the Windows Home Server software.

Also on display was Niveus, a high end software and systems company who announced that it will be adding a Windows Home Server requirement for its full system restoration capabilities on its Media Server range of products:

New & Updated Features for 2010

…Niveus is making a number of changes to the Niveus Media Server architecture to further ensure fault tolerance. By incorporating Solid State Hard drives and adding Hard Drive Mirroring (RAID 1) across the Pro Series server line, Niveus will increase the reliability of its servers and minimize customer downtime due to hard drive failure. In addition, the recommended architecture now requires a Windows Home Server product such as the Niveus Cargo Storage Server to ensure the centralization of storage in the home network and data protection provided by the Home Server System Image Backup feature.

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