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    Can A Thecus NAS Replace Your HTPC?

    What an excellent article. Not to knock Thecus, this NAS shows a great concept. But, as Tim's article shows it violates the WAF ( XBMC had problems ) and it violated the CSF ( Child Safety Factor ), it must not lure little ones to fool with it. It appears obvious the designers had no small...
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    router-to-router connection for WHS restore

    Is this the way to get started ? http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/OpenVPN_-_Site-to-Site_routed_VPN_between_two_routers
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    router-to-router connection for WHS restore

    I would like to ask how best to approach a difficult fix. WHS backup and restore can only happen over the same LAN, but it has been hinted that a router-to-router permanent connection would work for this to work. Of course, the restore media ( disk or usb ) would need to be at the remote...
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    WHS2 now available at retail

    $ 106.00 cost. I thought pricing would be one of the first questions.
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    WHS V2 - reports

    As whs2 gets real world testing, I thought some people might like to hear what others are seeing. It is a bit confusing. Out of the box, some of it's features do not work , and some need workarounds . Mac backup does not work out of the box , and while there is a workaround , I would suggest...
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    Favorite add in's for Windows Home Server?

    TV4all, twonky, ps3 mediaserver, icecast, firefly, and don't forget to turn DE off to stream. Green drives can occasionally underperform on WHS for streaming.
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    Drive Extender discontinued on Vail

    An article on all of the alternatives - http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36458/9-alternatives-for-windows-home-servers-drive-extender/ There are build examples on Hard forum showing 100 TB media servers using flexraid and XP.
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    Drive Extender discontinued on Vail

    Fishy is about right, rumors of complaints from HP supporting DE, and rumors the MPAA did not like a streaming server.
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    Drive Extender discontinued on Vail

    In a surprise move, MS will not have DE on WHS V2. Since DE was a foundation of WHS, there is much discussion as to what Vail will do. Probably back to raid. The reason given was it was not reliable. Vail did have a new File system, built on server 2K8 core, with a new DE. May have just been...
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    Streamers' comparison table

    Here - http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1160835 , Great question, a very good streamer usually can do HD audio, or as a pass-through, SPDIF, has a 1GB wired interface, can play both types ISO's, and does not falter on BDMV's. Plus a slick interface that is easily changeable...
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    Diy nas os

    You might look at Amahi Home Server.
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    Home Backup Server Question

    You might want to look at disParity, still actively developed, with flexraid features.
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    Building a Vod 1080p server, multiple streams

    A note of caution, on another forum someone asked what OS to use for 4 streams of 1080p. Surprisingly, whs and zfs were not on the good list. Win 7 or w28 were, but the choice was for the 32 bit version of w28, for driver compatability. Whs didn't make it because results were hit and miss...
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    Amahi Home Server with Greyhole

    Amahi v 5.3 has been released, featuring drive pooling with replication, along with many other features.
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    Windows Home Server 2 beta released

    Version 2 of WHS can be downloaded from Windows Connect. It's a beta, and limited to ten drives, For those contemplating a WHS-based build, this is newsworthy.
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    Streamers' comparison table

    Yes, there is. If you go to the AVS forum section under content streamers they have a fairly complete comparison chart.
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    WHS drivers for Asus P5KC Mainboard

    I know Intel has WHS drivers for the second installation stage. XP drivers will also work on WHS most of the time. Wegotserved has the best section on installation, and a how-to on slipstreaming. Hard forum can be a great resource as well, look under data storage. I have found the best systems...
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    2 Networks with WHS

    You might want to look at this link, but, no WHS doesn't do what you want. Ben
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    home server question

    You can try here, hard forum under data storage, wegotserved. All great places. A caveat, you might want to look at the demigrator problem. It can be eliminated with the right hardware. Do your homework.
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    WHS Performance

    Along the lines of what OOrush is saying ( I think ), on the AVS forum under htpc, is a 149 page media server thread. It's just a thought, but folks in the last few pages have been playing with disabling the backup services for WHS, and just using it as a host OS for Flexraid and using the OS...
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