Windows home server 2011 adding 3tb drives with the. It was released on 6 april 2011 following the release of power pack 3. Drivepool and scanner with seagate 2tb desktop sshd solid state hybrid drive st2000dx001. Folder duplication requires sufficient free space on multiple hard drive to duplicate your files. With this latest version of whs, i now have sharepoint foundation free limited version of sharepoint running for the family to share pictures, files, calendar events and collaboration.
Windows home server is a home server operating system from microsoft. Microsoft ships release versions of windows server oses. The addin stablebit drivepool will let you add multiple hard drives into one combined storage pool on the windows home server 2011. Windows server essentials includes the next generation version of the centralized pc backup and restore functionality from windows home server 2011 as well as centralized file history storage for all your pcs. Stablebit the home of stablebit clouddrive, stablebit. Unfortunately, whs never quite broke out of the niche market of techies, geeks and nerds. Microsoft windows home server 2011 64bit, oem pc this. Converting to whs 2011 part 4 addins cloud security. Under available addins click the available tab and youll see the addin central installer file we just copied. Three replacements for whs dead drive extender techcrunch. If so, one thing that is very important to understand is that no matter what software you use, it must be windows home server aware because of the way that drive extender works in whs. Getting started with windows home server based on windows server 2003, windows home server perhaps better thought of as a workgroup server for the purposes of this article is set up in much the same way as. If something bad happened, you could just pull out the drive and plug it into.
Drive extender for windows server to return via addin. Hard drives will fail thus something like a raid 5 or 6 gives you the ability to have a drive failure without data loss. The majority of free space for your server storage is available on only one hard drive. With drive extender, users could add larger capacity hard disk drives and then. This was too bad, because whs was a great operating system with a lot of potential. Duplicationinfo is a small windows home server whs addin that allows one to see what drive extender is doing. New features of windows home server 2011 addictivetips. Any questions or discussion about the addins should take place in the appropriate forum topic linked with each addin. Hardware maker hp declared shortly after the announcement that microsoft was cutting support for drive extender that it will not be creating any hardware explicitly for windows home server 2011. Microsoft confirmed windows home server 2011 to be last release in the. However, the windows small business server 2011 is more suited for businesses small businesses rather than the home version. Microsoft lost some friends when it announced that windows home media server was losing a key feature.
Windows server essentials supports up to 75 pc backups vs. Home server status addin for windows home server 2011. Windows home server, codenamed quattro, is a home server operating system from microsoft. Great idea for a thread, i am still using the old version of whs, and will continue to do so until some method of software drive pooling is introduced. A time may come when you want to remove a hard drive from your windows home server, either because you suspect that there might be a problem with it or because you want to replace it with a larger and possibly faster hard drive. For those windows home server whs loyalists hoping against hope that microsoft might reconsider its. Feature cut from windows home server to return via addin. Addin central helps find plugins for windows home server. More specifically, duplicationinfo allows a user to map a specific file stored on the whs to the drives being used. I am running the released version of stablebit drive pool. Next open whs console from one of the computers connected to your network, and click settings then addins. The idea of drive extender for windows home server is you can have as. Windows home server vail release candidate minus drive extender goes to testers.
The launchpad can also be extended to allow access to oem server customizations or thirdparty software addins. Can i join a windows home server 2011 to a sbs 2011. The system runs as a whs addin so even user interaction will be. Windows home server forums view topic drive extender. Its worth mentioning that a number of third party developers are aiming to restore drive extenderlike capability to whs 2011 via addin software, though efforts are still in the alpha and beta stages. Removing a drive from your windows home server movies. Windows home server v12011 add ins and software latest topics. Fast forward to today, i recently built a new entry level server specifically for. Hence the birth of my new addins tab extender addin. Server software, even without support included, are very expensive. Drive extender the purpose of this post is to discuss drive extender replacements. As previously noted, im working on upgrading the server in my house, which currently runs windows home server v1.
It was announced on 7 january 2007 at the consumer electronics show by bill gates,released to manufacturing on 16 july 2007 and officially released on 4 november 2007. The author is terry walsh, title is windows home server versus windows home server 2011 is it worth upgrading posted on april 7th, 2011. I saw many complainants whining over the fact that ms dropped the drive extender feature of whs v. It is paired with the windows home server consoleclient software. Of the two addins so far planned, drive bender is expected to be used on other versions of windows. Drive extender was not mentioned as new feature however, the extended drive extender support was suppose to be a new feature and is also mentioned in one of two microsoft write ups on the server, however since the newer writeup does not include it, i have removed the drive extender information for now. It was announced on 7 january 2007 at the consumer electronics show by bill gates, released to manufacturing on 16 july 2007 and officially released on 4 november 2007 windows home server is based on windows server 2003 r2 and is intended to be a solution for homes with.
This is a replacement for those wanting the equivalent of the whs v1 drive extender technology. I also have an old hp ex495 that has been out of service for a few months with a bad hard drive im planning to replace the drive to resurrect the server and upgrade it to windows home server 2011 yes, i know. Weve covered the installation of windows home server 2011, installing the connector software on client computers, the dashboard home tab, and if youve followed along you are now ready to interact with the server from your client computers using the dashboard. On my box, i use lights out, squeezebox server, ps3 media server,and utorrent installed to run as a service. In shared folders you will need to doubleclick the software folder then doubleclick on addins. Announced on 7 january 2007, at the consumer electronics show by bill gates, windows home server is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected pcs to offer file sharing, automated backups, print server, and remote access.
Windows home server 2011 has now arrived, and with it a bevy of new featuresand one key feature of the older version removed. Review of diskeeper 2011 for windows home server movies. Browse to your shared folders on the server and open the addins folder and copy the addincentral. The idea of drive extender for windows home server is you can have as many hard drives as you want and they all group together into the same pool of storage. The windows home server console is the focal point of managing your server, and is divided into four categories. Windows home server was based on windows server 2003 r2 and was intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected pcs to offer file sharing, automated backups, print server, and remote access. This is where a comprehensive list of available addins for windows home server v1 and whs2011 will live. This software was formerly known as windows server code name vail. The removal of drive extender from the next major version of windows home server is not the end of the feature. Datacore software, division m, and stablebit are three companies working on creating such addins for windows home server 2011 that will emulate the drive. If youre new to windows home server 2011 now is a great time to. Initially blank, this is where all your home pcs are presented and for configuring their backups once the client connector software has been installed.
This is similar to a raid setup but drive extender had a few cards up its sleeve that made it invaluable for a nas appliance. Now i find that there are two whs 2011 addins which supply drive extension. My server has 22 hard drives installed of which 19 are in my drive pool and its been stable no pun here. Windows home server 2011 third party drive extender. These are the windows home server addins that have been published on. For those looking to add new functionality to their windows home server, here are some additional addins you can download and try.
I rarely used any of the additional features or addins. Announced on 7 january 2007, at the consumer electronics show by bill gates, windows home server is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected pcs to offer file sharing, automated backups, and remote access. Windows home server version 2 codename vail and based on windows server 2008 r2 is due to be released in the first half of 2011. Datacore software, division m, and stablebit are three companies working on creating such addins for windows home server 2011 that will emulate the drive extender feature. Just like windows home server itself, the process of installing add ins is. So windows home server 2011 is out, but it is missing a major component that i really liked about whs and what made whs unique drive extender. Intelliwrite diskeeper 2011 is the first preemptive solution to the problem of fragmentation. Cloudberryconsoleas part of my windows home server 2011 evaluation ive been looking at two. If you are running the newest home server from microsoft and are missing the old whs tray icon that gave you simple status updates you are in luck. Board index windows home server 2011 whs 2011 addins. This video also shows you how to mirror drives in whs 2011. Jungle disk, developed by david wright jungle disk is designed to provide inexpensive online backup and storage for windows home server content, using amazons s3 infrastructure.
Tv shows that had been archived to a windows home server from a system running windows media center, drive extender provided the capability to not duplicate such files if the server was short on capacity or manually mark a complete content store as not for duplication. I have numerous different backup solutions in place drive image, unique applications to backup specific data, etc. Install windows home server 2011 on this drive via the temp computer. Windows home server 2011 aka vail, is a home server operating system designed for families and small businesses optionally to securely organize and share photos, music, video, documents, etc. I saw many complainants whining over the fact that ms dropped the driveextender feature of whs v. Windows home server wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Migrate away from windows home server drive extender.
Expand windows home server with addins practically networked. Windows home server vail release candidate minus drive. All you need to know about windows home server 2011 vail. Utilizing windows home server for small business biztech. A complete guide to installing windows home server 2011. Windows home server addins provide additional functionality and allow you to do more with your home server. It is paired with the windows home server consoleclient software accessed from another computer on the network to provide a graphical management interface.
X can also run on the windows home server 2011 and newer. Windows home server v12011 add ins and software reset. While duplication had some considerable doubters in the early days due to its raid 1 like capabilities, the. With servers full of disks came disk failures, and home server smart was born. This is a replacement for those wanting the equivalent of the whs v1. It was announced on 7 january 2007 at the consumer electronics show by bill gates, released to manufacturing on 16 july 2007 and officially released on 4 november 2007 windows home server is based on windows server 2003 r2 and is intended to be a solution. Additionally, some of you longtimers may remember an addin that i wrote in conjunction with mvp alexander kent years ago for use with windows home server v12003 called addin central. This is the older version of stablebit drivepool that was specifically designed for the windows home server 2011. Windows home server yourstudent gemini wiki fandom. The drive extender kind of justified the toaster servers by allowing for. Coming soon in the mean time take a look at our addin category. Whs 2011 and driveextender addins anandtech forums.
It was a really nice addin that allowed you to discover and track useful addins for your home server. Stablebit drivepool has so far had positive feedback, but will be whs 2011 only. Our first ever smart product was built as a windows home server addin. Windows home server is based on windows server 2003 r2 and is intended to be a solution for homes with. Windows home server 2011 end of mainstream support. The ability to recover a single file or backup and restore complete images similar to symantec ghost was exactly what i needed. Windows home server low disk space warning, drive extender.
The purpose of this post is to discuss drive extender. Microsoft released windows home server, informally known now as windows home server v1, with the idea of bringing a server into every home. Cloudberry has one job that backs up to the 10tb drive pool. Lets start by looking at why whs 2011 is a good fit for your home. Windows home server 2011, code named vail, is a home server operating system by microsoft designed for small officehome offices and homes with multiple connected pcs to offer protected file storage, file sharing, automated pc backup, remote access, and remote control of pc desktops. While i dont plan to use windows home server 2011 for anything but backups, this guide should assist others who are thinking about how to upgrade whs to whs 2011, particularly migrating all your data out of the drive pool. Basically, in whs v1, you could add a drive to your machine, and whs would add it automatically to its storage pool. However, in situations where a user may not have wanted data duplicated e. Windows builtin software raid windows has come with its own. Stablebit drivepool is an addin for windows home server 2011, windows small business server 2011 essentials and windows storage server 2008 r2 essentials. Upgrading my hp whs mediasmart ex495 to windows home. You cannot remove the primary hard drive, which is the one with the windows home server program files stored on it.
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