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I've used both an e-6400 2.13Ghz and an e-8200 2.66 GHz cpu's in my WHS box and there's not a dimes worth of difference between them as far as backups go. The 2.66 is snappier in administrative tasks and loading speed of the console and actually runs cooler on average, maybe because its never as...

I had a bad fan on a freezer 7, just e-mailed customer service and they sent a replacement by mail, had it in 3 days.

I use Avast. It installs into the WHS console without issue. If you have the proper license it can then install itself onto the client pc's. Scheduling of scans of all boxes can be handled from within the WHS console page. Its not free tho.

I found this today: http://www.microsoft.com/windo.../en/us/foundation.aspx Is this Low cost server with limited functionality a suitable replacement for whs? It seems to lack the backup functions of WHS.

I've heard that Comcast would be starting docsis 3 service in Jacksonville, Fl today. Can anyone verify that its up and what speed they're getting? Is comcast replacing existing modems with new 3.0 units? I'm on St. Augustine Comcast, we're on fibre to comcast in Jacksonville so hopefull to see...

There may be an add-on for disk management that reports the smart status on its console page but one which pops up on clients would be even better I agree.My favorite pet peeve tho still has to be access to mapped drives from a common management interface within the whs console. I have here, on...

I took a look at W7 and like what I saw, if WHS V2 is based on that I may consider purchasing. Maybe MS would consider some sort of licensing model for whs/w7 buyers that doesnt require people to buy a seperate copy of w7 for each client pc. After having to buy 5 oem copies of xp pro as well as...

Power consumption isn't much of a concern for me with this one as it normally runs only on the weekends anyway. Performance is of course and I know that the network speed limits me as for as backups go so thats not cpu dependant.I am interested in virtualisation but not to install whs as a guest...

Thescreensavers-lol- I used to watch that on tv every night.

My windows Home Server box seems to be running well now that power pack 1 has cured most of the early ills.I read that ms is working on a power pack 2 but hasnt announced any release date and further that V2 is being considered.But I dont see much support around the software industry for the...

What is the sweet spot today for whs best performance. I have a home made unit that started out with a p4 northwood and I have re-done it to now a 2.13 duel core e6400 with a p-35 mobo.Would this thing do any thing better if I were to go to a lower end quad core or a faster 2 core? It seems ok...

But the BFG supply tested is not the same as the LS550 for sale at NewEgg. The photo of the decal on tested unit shows a single 12 volt rail while the one at NewEgg has 4 rails.Why the difference?I need a good stable ps for my whs box and am considering one of these.

I read that the new Western Digital 2Tb drive has 4 platter's making each one 500Gb. Have the 500Gb drives such as the 5000aaks been reworked into single platter configuration yet or when will this happen? Is that what they call their Cavilier Black drive?

I can comment on the anti-virus situation with WHS.About the only option you have is Avast and their whs version. I tried it myself in evaluation and liked it ok, it integrates into the console and if you have their pro version installed on your clients it can schedule scans on the whole system...