Windows Home Server 2011 Ships to Testers...

[Slimline]

Well my trial ran out for WHS v1 and I was holding out that drive extender would be reinserted into v2. No luck so my oem copy of whs V1 pp3 just arrived today

 

[Homerboy]

Well my trial ran out for WHS v1 and I was holding out that drive extender would be reinserted into v2. No luck so my oem copy of whs V1 pp3 just arrived today

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[ultimatebob]

Let's try a fixed link: http://usingwindowshomeserver.com/2...ool-for-windows-home-server-2011-coming-soon/

This would be nice to see if they finish the product, but I'm also going to stand by my earlier statement: if MS couldn't get DE right for nearly 2 years, what hope do these guys have?

See? I told ya someone would come out with a third-party application to add this feature WHS 2011!

 

[Nothinman]

See? I told ya someone would come out with a third-party application to add this feature WHS 2011!

I don't think anyone really doubted that someone would, the real question is how well it will work...

 

[BD2003]

I don't think anyone really doubted that someone would, the real question is how well it will work...

It seems to me that if MS couldn't do it, how is a third party going to do any better?

It will probably be much easier to get software that emulates the new features of vail into v1 rather than hacking low level functions of v1 into vail.

 

[Nothinman]

It seems to me that if MS couldn't do it, how is a third party going to do any better?

It will probably be much easier to get software that emulates the new features of vail into v1 rather than hacking low level functions of v1 into vail.

MS didn't really do anything special with it. From what I read it used standard NTFS and Win32 facilities like NTFS tombstoning, which are all available to 3rd party developers.

 

[BD2003]

MS didn't really do anything special with it. From what I read it used standard NTFS and Win32 facilities like NTFS tombstoning, which are all available to 3rd party developers.

But even MS royally screwed it the first time. I wouldn't trust my data to any 3rd party solution, not unless it's been proven reliable for years.

Besides, I still haven't seen anything else that's a compelling upgrade over v1.

 

[Nothinman]

But even MS royally screwed it the first time. I wouldn't trust my data to any 3rd party solution, not unless it's been proven reliable for years.

Besides, I still haven't seen anything else that's a compelling upgrade over v1.

Bugs happen, just because something runs on Windows doesn't automatically mean MS will have the best implementation. MS writes lots of things that are crap. And I would trust a 3rd party DE implementation about as equally as I would one written by MS.

 

[Homerboy]

But even MS royally screwed it the first time. I wouldn't trust my data to any 3rd party solution, not unless it's been proven reliable for years.

Besides, I still haven't seen anything else that's a compelling upgrade over v1.

That's the key right there. Vail offers me nothing new I am interested in, and takes away the KEY thing I like: DE.

 

[Red Dawn]

Drive Bender takes single point storage to the next level. Inspired by Microsoft’s "Windows Home Server" Drive Extender technology, Drive Bender is a product that provides the same level of functionality, and more, for all versions of the Microsoft Windows**.

2011/02/21 - The Drive Bender beta goes live.


http://www.drivebender.com/

 

[Snooper]

Generally, I liked WHS1 better, but WHS2 has MUCH better performance for my system. Networking was faster (not fast even at that), web access was more reliable, etc.

But loosing DE IS sort of like removing the "Windows" feature from Windows 3.11!!! Not quite the same thing without it.