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Just thought I'd share this in case anyone else has a similar problem.
I accidentally deleted some files from my WHS and didn't realise until a few days later.
To restore deleted files browse to the folder where the delete occurred, right click and open properties, go to the tab called previous versions and select the date from which you want to restore.
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For me its cheap, simple, reliable, has some great features and just works!
That's what it boils down to for me. Especially the last bit - it just works!
Sure, there are bigger, better, stronger RAID options but they come with adnmin and cofig overheads that I don't think are needed in my application. Horses for courses. For a home user wanting data security and file sharing WHS is ideal.
BTW - For the critics, WHS does not use RAID. MS has never claimed that. WHS uses drive extender - which presents all disks as one large drive - and file duplication - the OS ensuring the duplicated file resides on a separate physical disk to the original.
So in a sense they are correct - WHS is not 'real' RAID. But that doesn't mean it isn't effective, just different.
There has been a lot of discussion about that its not real server software and that the file transfers are slow and not 'real' raid.
I'm reasonably well read on many sites and forums focussed on WHS and I've actually not seen "a lot of discussion" on slow file transfers (in fact I've never seen any actually) - any links to a few posts?
As has already been said - Microsoft don't claim it uses RAID - so not surprisingly it's actually not "real" (or pretend for that matter) RAID - it's Drive Extender (which allows you to add and remove additional storage devices (internal and external) very easily - and provide files duplication selectable at the folder level.
"Not Real Server software" - well I guess that depends how "server software" is defined - and the community is definitely pushing the functionality with some pretty neat add-in's
It's "good enough" and low cost software which runs on low spec hardware and allows a resilient enviroment for file sharing, backup, remote access for up to 10 clients in the out of the box product - what else is it mean't to provide to be categorised as "real server" - it is called Windows Home Server afterall
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Media Centre: Apache H-21BK Case, Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3, Intel E8400, 4GB 800Mhz RAM, nVidia 8600GT, 500GB/750GB SATA, 19" Dell FP LCD & Fujitsu 19" LCD, Hauppauge NOVA T-500 dual digital tuner, ICE TV, Vista Ultimate with XBOX360 Prox2, Fujitsu 42" P42HHA40US Plasma, AUSID HD Dig Tuner
WHS: Dell 9150 (aka XPS400) D940 3.2GHz dual core, 2GB 667MHz RAM, 500GB/400GB,/320GB SATA/500GB USB, MSI nVIDIA NX6200TC Video, WHS PP1 with clients - 2 x Vista Ultimate, 1 x Vista Home, 2 x XP Pro, 2 x XBOX360
I'm reasonably well read on many sites and forums focussed on WHS and I've actually not seen "a lot of discussion" on slow file transfers (in fact I've never seen any actually) - any links to a few posts?
There has been discussion on the WHS forum and on this forum about the merits in terms of transfer speed of RAID setups over WHS. My point is that its horses for courses and I am very happy.
Interesting observation about the high reliability of the WD 150Gb Raptor.
I put one of these in my PC not because of the speed, but because I figured with 5 year warranty they would be far more reliable. before the Raptor I had 2 system drive failure in 24 months (1 WD and 1 Seagate). My noisy Raptor hasn't missed a beat. (now I've probably jinxed myself)
