Windows Home Server

Microsoft Corp. just released Windows Home Server (WHS). WHS is a surprisingly powerful networking tool that offers some of the sophisticated networking aims them at the home "enthusiast" and power user markets.

It's time to captured moments and media—for good. Introducing a simpler, smarter way for families to organize, share and protect photos, videos, music and much more. Windows Home Server brings it all together in a central hub, connecting your home PCs and making it easy to keep and enjoy your family's most important memories together.

This review looks at the server software installed on a test machine with a 1.8-GHz Pentium 4 processor, 1GB of RAM, DVD drive, Ethernet connection and a 75GB hard drive. The minimum requirements for WHS are a 1-GHz Pentium 3, 512MB of RAM, a 70GB hard drive, DVD drive and Ethernet connection. On my test machine, the software ran flawlessly with no slowdowns or performance degradation.



Windows Home Server features

Your family's digital memories and media organized in one central hub Home PCs backed up daily, automatically Simple recovery of lost files or even entire PCs Complete access from networked PCs to all your Windows Home Server files A personalized Web address for sharing your photos and home videos Easy and quick setup Expandable storage space for future use Innovative third-party applications

Simple to set up and easy to use, Windows Home Server helps you safely store and share your family's digital valuables. It's the hub that keeps your family connected, whether they're in the same room, or in other country.*

For more information please visit this site :

• http://www.microsoft.com

• http://www.computerworld.com