Comments on: What do you want your Server do? http://www.office-monkey.com/2008/08/23/what-do-you-want-your-server-do/ Everybody needs some monkey sometime... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:13:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew http://www.office-monkey.com/2008/08/23/what-do-you-want-your-server-do/comment-page-1/#comment-8207 Andrew Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:35:02 +0000 http://www.office-monkey.com/?p=407#comment-8207 Given that I installed WHS on a desktop solely because I didn't have a parallel port on any of my "real" computers, I can assure you that there's no shame in using a WHS as a print server. :-) It does a good job as a file server as well, especially as anything on it can be securely accessed from the web. It's also reportedly a great way to complete full backups of any system -- I don't have the storage on the old box I repurposed to make use of that feature. WHS is a Windows Server 2003 R2 release, minus Active Directory and a few other features. It even sports IIS! No Exchange, but... I don't really want that at home. Oh, and it comes with a built-in Dynamic DNS system. Pretty cool, eh? See why I feel lacking in ideas? All the stuff I needed was already done! Maybe partial backups? Given that I installed WHS on a desktop solely because I didn’t have a parallel port on any of my “real” computers, I can assure you that there’s no shame in using a WHS as a print server. :-)

It does a good job as a file server as well, especially as anything on it can be securely accessed from the web. It’s also reportedly a great way to complete full backups of any system — I don’t have the storage on the old box I repurposed to make use of that feature.

WHS is a Windows Server 2003 R2 release, minus Active Directory and a few other features. It even sports IIS! No Exchange, but… I don’t really want that at home.

Oh, and it comes with a built-in Dynamic DNS system. Pretty cool, eh?

See why I feel lacking in ideas? All the stuff I needed was already done! Maybe partial backups?

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.office-monkey.com/2008/08/23/what-do-you-want-your-server-do/comment-page-1/#comment-8206 Jonathan Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:40:11 +0000 http://www.office-monkey.com/?p=407#comment-8206 I'm much less familiar with WHS than I could be. I don't actually know what it does that a regular server doesn't. Something tells me I should learn that. I've been considering getting a home server of some variety, though, because my wife and I both have laptops that are relatively resource-poor (mine's old, and hers was inexpensive). It'd be nice to have a place to hook up the printer, store photos/media, and the like. Right now, my laptop is doing the job okay--the only problem is that its FireWire external disk likes to disconnect itself at random. :-) I’m much less familiar with WHS than I could be. I don’t actually know what it does that a regular server doesn’t. Something tells me I should learn that.

I’ve been considering getting a home server of some variety, though, because my wife and I both have laptops that are relatively resource-poor (mine’s old, and hers was inexpensive). It’d be nice to have a place to hook up the printer, store photos/media, and the like. Right now, my laptop is doing the job okay–the only problem is that its FireWire external disk likes to disconnect itself at random. :-)

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