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Chapter 1
Introducing
Windows Home Server
Windows Home Server
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indows Home Server was introduced by Microsoft in the second half of 2007 to fulfill
unmet needs of home users. Everyone knows that they should keep their important files
unmet needs of home users. Everyone knows that they should keep their important files
backed up, but home computer users are rarely vigilant about backups unless they have recently suf-
fered a loss. People often use multiple computers in the home, and keeping data accessible where
you need it can be a challenge. Microsoft realized that they could leverage their existing technologies
and build an entirely new kind of device: a server for the home. The team set out with several well-
researched and ambitious goals, all focused around providing simple-backup to an appliance-like
device that would be inexpensive, expandable, and accessible.
fered a loss. People often use multiple computers in the home, and keeping data accessible where
you need it can be a challenge. Microsoft realized that they could leverage their existing technologies
and build an entirely new kind of device: a server for the home. The team set out with several well-
researched and ambitious goals, all focused around providing simple-backup to an appliance-like
device that would be inexpensive, expandable, and accessible.
A server is a computer that serves a special purpose. It may not look like a typical desktop or lap-
top, but it is built on the same technology. A server serves other machines, also known as clients, by
providing services to the network. Windows Home Server is a server for your home network. It pro-
vides backup services and file storage for the local network and remote access services over the
Internet. A Windows Home Server device may be an appliance, which means it is simply a box with
no display, keyboard, or mouse, or it may look like a regular computer. Appliance-like machines
(described in Chapter 3) may be styled and designed in such a way that they will blend in with
audio-video equipment, or they may be small boxes that can run quietly on your desk or on a shelf.
Your Windows Home Server will run 24 hours a day in order to back up your other machines, and
make other services available to them. Windows Home Server is one part hardware and one part
software, used together to protect and serve your network.
providing services to the network. Windows Home Server is a server for your home network. It pro-
vides backup services and file storage for the local network and remote access services over the
Internet. A Windows Home Server device may be an appliance, which means it is simply a box with
no display, keyboard, or mouse, or it may look like a regular computer. Appliance-like machines
(described in Chapter 3) may be styled and designed in such a way that they will blend in with
audio-video equipment, or they may be small boxes that can run quietly on your desk or on a shelf.
Your Windows Home Server will run 24 hours a day in order to back up your other machines, and
make other services available to them. Windows Home Server is one part hardware and one part
software, used together to protect and serve your network.
Simple Backups
Most people understand how important it is to back up their files. Many of us can remember a time
that we managed to delete an important file, or suffered a hard drive crash that took with it impor-
tant files. Those of us who like to tinker with computers probably even have more than our fair
share. My wife jokes that being married to a computer engineer means that most of the computers in
the house will be partially broken at any given time.
that we managed to delete an important file, or suffered a hard drive crash that took with it impor-
tant files. Those of us who like to tinker with computers probably even have more than our fair
share. My wife jokes that being married to a computer engineer means that most of the computers in
the house will be partially broken at any given time.
The reality is that computers, while generally reliable, are not perfect machines. Most of the com-
ponents of a PC are pretty resilient, but unfortunately the hard drive is all at once the most important
and the most fragile. At the core of your hard drive is one or more thin platters, spinning at some-
where between four thousand and ten thousand revolutions per minute (RPM). For comparison, most
and the most fragile. At the core of your hard drive is one or more thin platters, spinning at some-
where between four thousand and ten thousand revolutions per minute (RPM). For comparison, most
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