Final Thoughts

So far I’m loving my WHS. I don’t have to worry about manually backing up my PC’s. WHS will backup my PC’s during a predetermined schedule and if the PC is sleeping or in hibernation mode it will wake them up.

The temp has been averaging around 23.C. and benchmark test conclude that it’s respectable to other similar systems. (will post tests soon)

Hardware additions

Since the putting the system together, I added two additional hard drives. One internal SATA drive to add to the storage pool and one External ESATA drive for backing up my WHS. I choose ESATA because the transfer rates are much faster than USB 2.0, up to 3Gpbs W/ eSATA.

Resources:

Learn more about Windows Home Server

• Windows Home Server Getting Started Guide 
• Windows Home Server Release Documentation 
• User Accounts and Shared Folders (new) 
• Home Computer Backup 
• Drive Extender 
• Media Sharing 
• Home Networking 
• Windows Home Server [Troubleshooting] Connector Installation
   

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