Microsoft Windows Home Server adds backup capabilities

Microsoft pushes Windows Home Server to upgrade software power Pack3 Beta: Backup is back. Microsoft is about to launch a new power Pack 3 upgrade software for the Windows Home Server system, and Windows home after installing this upgrade software Server will be able to support Windows 7.

Windows7 has added a new feature that integrates the contents of multiple catalogs into a "library" that is useful for home network users who often store photos in different directories of multiple computers, and multimedia files. This new feature is one of the selling points of Windows 7, as long as users enter the library to see the contents of multiple folders that are consolidated into the library. and home server can now install power Pack3 to support Windows7 's "library" feature, and now users of a family network can use the House server to back up the contents of a library from a different computer to a computer on the network.

Microsoft said: "After Windows home Server Connector Software is installed in Windows7, Windows7 's own backup hint system will be shut down and the user won't see the system pop up the backup prompt window again." ”

While this functionality is convenient, it also poses data security concerns for users. In the past, as long as one of the hard drives in Windows home Server failed, the entire network backup system was likely to lose the contents of the backup, and when Microsoft released power Pack1 last year, it planned to provide users with an automatic backup backup database.

At the time, Microsoft had prepared a manual for WHS users about the function, but the manual was never able to meet users. So the user has to find a way to achieve this function. Late last year, a user finally realized automatic backup by using TrueCrypt and Robocopy software, and then Microsoft launched Power Pack2, but in the official version the problem remained unresolved.

Power Pack 3 will use the same disk image backup technology as Windows Server 2008, which will be a good solution to user backup problems. But so far the installer and presentation files associated with this technology have not been officially published, so users will have to wait a little longer.

Another new feature of power Pack3 comes from the newer Windows Media Center in Windows7, where power Pack3 is installed, allowing the home server to operate with the home menu so Media The center user can then operate the home server for backup video files, and so on.