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gurnaik

5:59 PM on 11 March, 2010

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No RAID support? No sale.

Presumably, as its Windows based, you would also have to apply service packs, run antivirus, etc., or do Acer provide net updates?

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Premfab

7:29 PM on 11 March, 2010

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Nice review of a decent product.

Can't help thinking that Acer's missed a trick.

HP's version of this is similarly priced, looks far nicer. Features wise, I can't see Acer having done anything to differtiate itself from the HP.

The HP is now several years old. I was hoping that a giant like Acer would have come up with something more than a 'me too' product.

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Xamph

11:13 PM on 11 March, 2010

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@Prem: Your similarly priced (but "beautiful" :-) HP comes with only a single 1TB drive, while this comes with two.

Anyone scared of WHS's lack of RAID should note that there is a thriving Linux-on-H340 community (indeed, if anyone wanted to replicate WHS's "safety by duplicating" method, do a google search for "project greyhole" -- still in its infancy but looking good.)

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Guye0a

11:48 PM on 11 March, 2010

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Be careful with the installation of any software requiring administrative privilages using Romote Desktop as this provides a pseudo admin environment only and can cause software installation problems. There is a Micorsoft produced Whitepaper covering this 'feature' - just search MS. VNC or similar remote access offering true console replication do not suffer from this problem

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morsch

3:12 PM on 12 March, 2010

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Windows on a NAS? You've got to be kidding.

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xenos

12:40 AM on 13 March, 2010

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Might want to hold off for a few months..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server_V2

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MarioM

1:25 PM on 15 March, 2010

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@gurnaik and the RAID concerned - I was obsessed with the idea that these WHS boxes don't have RAID until I did a bit of googling:

http://fearthecowboy.com/post/Windows-Home-Servers-Drive-Extender-vs-RAID.aspx

And now I'm no longer worried. Basically Drive extender has various benefits such as:

-use lots of different drive sizes/brands

-rescue data by just plugging drives into a PC

-only duplicate the data you want (perfect if you image your DVDs for convenient streaming)

The real risk is the loss of the system partition which is why I bought a Tranquil SQA-5H SAFE. It's WHS but with a mini-RAID ('SAFE') kit in one of the drive bays (two 2.5" in RAID1) taking up one 3.5" bay, for the OS. So best of both worlds. They now sell the SAFE separately too.

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Jay4d0

2:08 PM on 16 March, 2010

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this seems far superior to any NAS and far more flexable, but it doesnt need antivirus does it?

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The Acer easyStore H340 is keenly priced and well featured. Windows Home Server's simple initial setup process belies its underlying capacity to be hugely customised by a willing user. NAS devices are so 2009, what you really want is a home server.

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