Great...I've been advocating this very thing for a long time. This is far more than just a home server. This will do the job of a SBS at a MUCH smaller price point and still offers the robust services that a small business would find most helpful including the daily backup of mission critical data files, shared production files, and data duplication to avoid loss due to unforeseen circumstances such as a virus or drive failure and should you chose....a web presence for your small business included at no additional cost. At less than $100, I don't see how can you go wrong using this product.

Thanks, for posting the bloggings for WHS. Keeps me actively thinking about my WHS and trying new things with it.

pparks1 said:

Small businesses though are likely going to need a few extra functions that Windows Home Server doesn't really provide. Things like DHCP, Active Directory and perhaps Microsoft Exchange.

I'm not so sure about this. Most small businesses with less than 10 computers don't in fact use active directory in my experience (far too much overhead and skill required). Windows Home Server can in fact be set up as a DHCP server and very few small businesses use exchange (far too expensive), most that I have been involved with simply contract their email services. Exchange requires a much higher level of IT skill than the average non IT small business would likely have in house.

Now I agree that some small businesses will have a geek on staff but not most 10 pc or less shops unless they are in the IT business and then all bets are off, they might even use Linux servers.

This misunderstanding is probably my fault as I probably should have said "Very small business" instead of small business.

When (if) I get an office, this is what I will be using there. I cannot afford a full server (nor do I need it), so I will be using this.

I also use it at home, and LOVE it.
Though it still does not recognize MSE as an anti-virus.

~Lordbob

Lordbob75 said:

When (if) I get an office, this is what I will be using there. I cannot afford a full server (nor do I need it), so I will be using this.

I also use it at home, and LOVE it.
Though it still does not recognize MSE as an anti-virus.

~Lordbob

It probably never will recognize MSE because it is a Server OS and requires a Server AV. As far as I know there aren't any FREE Server AV's. I personally use "AVAST for Windows Home Server". When I purchased the one year subscription I was offered 2 additional years for a pittance as an upgrade during the online purchase. I ended up paying $56.00 for 3 years which is pretty good in my book and as I use AVAST home on my PC's everything plays nice together.

I have been using it since it came out and have no complaints so far. If I were to go back to work I would definitely use this product in my office although I don't foresee the need at this time and I already have one running at home.

If I were to build a new one I would definitely base it on the Atom N330 platform for home use (you can connect up to 1 IDE and 2 SATA drives to these MB) or an AMD dual core for a work environment due to the need for more drives.

z3r010 said:

bobtran said:

If I were to build a new one I would definitely base it on the Atom N330 platform for home use (you can connect up to 1 IDE and 2 SATA drives to these MB) or an AMD dual core for a work environment due to the need for more drives.

I use these Atom 330's for both my home servers (WHS & 2008R2) I love em

Nice..I especially like the wall/desk mount. Thanks