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So, while it would be nice to have the correct documentation at the press release, the only place to get the software legally right now is MSDN or Technet, which of course, the general public doesn’t have access to. What people didn’t mention, there are still blank pages that don’t have ANY documentation for certain features.Įven though the product is complete, it is not expected to available for purchase until May for the general public and from what I’ve read, new hardware probably won’t be available until then either. The documentation referred to was for a earlier beta version workaround, which someone mentioned. The WHS platform, even with it’s many quirks, is light-years ahead of the complication and effort needed to build a stable and user-friendly server on another platform. I just hope I don’t have to roll a Linux server to fill the gap. I will not be upgrading to the 2011 fail-whale build of the WHS operating system. I’ve said it here before but I’ll say it again. This is probably the last ditch effort to get it out the door and make some money on it before it is decommissioned.

If this is any indicator on the future development of the product line, I think we have seen the last of a dedicated WHS platform. It really too bad … they had a great thing going there for a while. I also agree that this is telling of ‘the state of the WHS’ at Microsoft. Preach it! Now if only we could get that idea across to the hundreds of thousands of developers and managers that think of proper documentation as an afterthought when there is no money left in the project budget.

Drive Extender has been removed from Windows Home Server 2011, so the next logical step to get proper data protection would be to implement RAID, yet doing this could lead to less then optimal results? Maybe Microsoft is just playing it safe, but considering many people I have spoken to who are considering Windows Home Server 2011 are also looking to implement some sort of RAID this can’t give you a warm & fuzzy feeling. For best results, you should turn off this configuration before installing Windows Home Server 2011. Some computers and mainboards can be configured so that the hard drives are managed as RAID by the BIOS on the mainboard. Windows Home Server 2011 works best when each attached hard drive is accessed as an individual hard drive. What happens if I build the server in one time zone but then drive to another? Seriously?
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What? So unless you modify your PC BIOS clock to PST you will not have use of your server for the number of hours between your time zone and PST pass. If you do not set your server time to PST, you should not use the server or connect computers to it until the number of hours pass that equals the difference between your time and PST. After successfully installing Windows Home Server 2011 and joining client computers, do not reset the time, date, and time zone on the Dashboard for another day.
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Going through the Installing and Configuring Windows Home Server 2011 guide Ed came across some interesting tidbits that to be honest are a bit of a head scratcher:īefore you install Windows Home Server 2011, set your BIOS clock to match the time and date for the Pacific Time Zone (PST) regardless of where you are located in the world. He had received the final release of Windows Home Server 2011 and was preparing to install. Whilst doing some light reading on a variety of tech blogs I came across an interesting post from Ed Bott over at ZDNet.
