Questions and Answers

Questions were asked during and after the the Microsoft Windows Home Server Virtual Launch Event. Listed below are a few which I thought you would like to read along with the answers and content I have added in italics. 

• Question: If you have one file but different names on two different PC’s, will one or two copies be backed up?
  Answer: One. Backups are performed at the “block” or “cluster” level.
  The backup software analyzes every cluster on your computer and compares the data in it to clusters already stored in the backup database on WHS. If a cluster is already backed up, it doesn’t back it up again, instead it stores a “pointer” to the pre-existing instance of the cluster.
• Question: Can WHS act as FTP server as well
  Answer: Yes it can.
  More info at the WHS forums WHS as FTP server ?
• Question: How will the certificate warning dialog in IE be fixed?
  Answer: We have not announced details yet. Sorry.
  More info in our article Is there a Problem with your Security Certificate? 
• Question: Can WHS be used to image SBS?
  Answer: We do not test or support this scenario, but we’ve heard of reports of people doing it.
  More info at the WHS forums How to backup the WHS Server.

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