Ok, so I have an ever aging and ailing Windows Home Server. An original which while still going strong has begun to exhibit signs of time and age. My original WHS served as a storage center for all of the family's photos, docs, music, and movies that I used to stream to another HTPC running XBMC, 3 windows PC's, a few xbox 360s, and of course a smattering of phones and other smart devices. To say the least, the original WHS had its fair share of problems with networking, software integrations, router configurations and general head banging and teeth grinding. None of these were ever really intuitive or straightforward, and all had their fair share of frustration. And all of that was done at a time without kids. Which we all know, suck the living life out of us and vaporize time like an expanding black hole. So my next server would not, repeat NOT, mandate as much time.
Time for a replacement. So where did I start? First I decided that I would value my data over the speed...Read more
Ok, so I have an ever aging and ailing Windows Home Server. An original which while still going strong has begun to exhibit signs of time and age. My original WHS served as a storage center for all of the family's photos, docs, music, and movies that I used to stream to another HTPC running XBMC, 3 windows PC's, a few xbox 360s, and of course a smattering of phones and other smart devices. To say the least, the original WHS had its fair share of problems with networking, software integrations, router configurations and general head banging and teeth grinding. None of these were ever really intuitive or straightforward, and all had their fair share of frustration. And all of that was done at a time without kids. Which we all know, suck the living life out of us and vaporize time like an expanding black hole. So my next server would not, repeat NOT, mandate as much time.Time for a replacement. So where did I start? First I decided that I would value my data over the speed...Read more