http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/ Engadget Comments for ASUS ships Windows Home Server-packin' TS mini NAS drive http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
Except pool drives of varying sizes, with the ability to add new drives of any size to the pool at will. You know, the main selling point of WHS. There is a Linux-BASED solution that will do that - unRAID - but wait for it... it costs money and is limited to specific hardware and cannot use external USB drives.]]>Nov 18th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
How much in £ is this?]]>Nov 18th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
As for how much they'll wotk out to in £s "if" they land over here in the UK is another matter.]]>Nov 18th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
that + deploying ssds to all the clients == biggest step forward in computing that i've ever seen.

so, no, glamajamma, you're very wrong. but it's okay, as it's so cool to attack microsofts to show the own intellect.]]>Nov 18th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
You obviously have NO clue what you're talking about to make such completely uninformed comment. WHS is probably one of the best products MS has released in the past few years. While NAS and other Linux alternatives are available, MS created a consumer-friendly server that is easy to set-up with such a small learning curve that a soccer mom with 4 kids could set it up. It may not be considered the "best" server solution, but I know of no other mainstream server solution for the average consumer that is more suited for the masses. The only thing MS needs to do is market it better and start getting it in retail stores. I guarantee once you get one, you will wonder what took you so long.]]>Nov 18th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=mb22YySzt9LeoWc6]]>Nov 18th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
Is this TS mini NAS a single drive box or does it hold 2 or more drives?

Thanks.]]>Nov 18th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://event.asus.com/server/tsmini/

2 -3.5" drives]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
At any rate, to the Linux fanboys, stop your hating. WHS is far easier to use than most Linux solutions. I had considered Linux, but when I read about all the hassles people experience, I decided to give the HP LX195, an entry-level WHS model, a try. So far, it hasn't disappointed. What I've learned in the 6 months of ownership, you can install most standard Windows apps on it, so PlayOn or any other streaming software can be added. It also means you can share printers on it despite Microsoft and HP not listing it as an option. However, be forewarned, doing so could compromise performance or security. ]]>Nov 18th 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
and the backups are fully intuitive, no clue what you didn't liked about it?

and have fun now extending your shares when you need more storage, or losing data when a disk fails, or having to re-make your raid setup for the new disk, or not being able to put a 1tb disk in your storage pool as you 'only' have 1.5tb in the raid. etc etc.

whs makes the life in a networked environment as simple as it can be right now..]]>Nov 18th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
Playon can provide Netflix watch instantly and Hulu to devices that don't have those services natively (PS3 [hulu], 360 [hulu], WDTV, any of the other 50 media streamers.).
As such, it is always dissapointing to see these so called 'total solution media servers' that quite obviously would fail to provide common modern services such as Netflix or Hulu to common devices in the home...]]>Nov 18th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/Nov 18th 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
How about this... how is a box like this able to serve top quality MKV's to a common household device such as a PS3 or 360?]]>Nov 18th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
huh? Last time I checked HULU didn't use MKV's. I said in my first post this thing couldn't even handle HULU let alone an MKV. My reply to you was simply to explain that HULU's management does not WANT you to be able to easily stream HULU to an actual TV and that is why no streaming receivers natively support it. ]]>Nov 18th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
Some comments/thoughts:

Video runs much better through Playon and the AVI's I stream through the mymedia (basically playon reads a folder on the WHS box) than my old Vista/XBox setup.

Backups are a piece of cake and work well. I also like the remote access to my media over the 'net..

Problems:

I had to reboot a few times - seems like if I'm trying to play videos through the Xbox while multiple backups are occurring, WHS (a dual core, 3 Gigs RAM) freeze - seems like a memory leak.

Also, getting drivers to work on your own PC is problematic. Some drivers read the OS version as XP, others NT. Had to play around quite a bit to get my video and sound card to work.

Finally, Itunes won't install on it. I had planned on using the WHS as a house music box and sharing the libary out to the laptops.]]>Nov 18th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/asus-ships-windows-home-server-packin-ts-mini-nas-drive/
Can't you just run iTunes on the laptops and let them access the files on the WHS?]]>Nov 18th 2009 7:50PM