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Very compelling solution for backups, restores, media server, and remote access to data,
QUICK SUMMARY: Acer’s server, when configured correctly, provides home users and small offices a powerful solution for automated backups, restores, remote access and media server capability. However, configuring this server can be challenging, and Acer makes little effort to help its customers. Microsoft’s Windows Home Server is a terrific — and stable! — operating system. Add a 2nd hard drive, too, and you’ve got redundant data storage. Cautiously recommended.
*** SPECIAL NOTE as of December 31, 2010: If you’re in the market for a Windows Home Server, you should know about a few announcements that occurred in November, 2010. One, Hewlett-Packard is getting out of the Windows Home Server market. They won’t be making HP MediaServer home servers any more. HP sold the most number of Windows Home Servers, and people are speculating whether this move will effectively kill the Windows Home Server market. Two, Microsoft announced that they are removing Drive Extender from the next version of Windows Home Server (Version 2, code named Vail, which will be released in 2011; Drive Extender technology is included with WHS Version 1, which runs these Acer servers). Drive Extender is a critical piece of technology that allows you to easily add more hard drives to your server, have a single pool of storage for all your data, and it provides for data redundancy (so if one hard drive crashes, your data is kept on a 2nd hard drive, provided you’ve added at least one more hard drive to your server). Microsoft will provide full support to this version of WHS until January, 2013, and then it will not be supported any longer – no bug fixes or security enhancements.
*** SPECIAL NOTE as of February 6, 2010: McAfee Antivirus automatically updated their software to Version 5, which totally screwed up my server! STAY AWAY from McAfee!! If you buy this server, immediately use Remote Desktop to open the server’s Control Panel, choose Add or Remove Programs, and uninstall McAfee from your server! McAfee cannot be trusted! Read the end of this review to learn more.
What follows is my review of the Acer Aspire AH340-UA230N Home Server, based upon my personal experience with it since purchasing one in late June 2009. For 2010, Acer has refreshed their Windows Home Server lineup using faster RAM and the Intel Atom D410 and D510 CPUs which have a slight bump in processor speed and, for the D510, more L2 cache. Other than this, the AH341 and AH342 servers are *exactly* the same as the older AH340 server.
****** ACER HOME SERVER PRODUCT CONFIGURATION CHART ******
Acer Aspire easyStore AH340-U2T1H Windows® Home Server, Intel® Atom(tm) Processor 230 (512KB L2 cache, 1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB), 2GB (2/0) DDR2 667 SDRAM, 256MB flash ROM, 2TB SATA hard drive, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, gigabit LAN
Acer Aspire AH340-UA230N Windows® Home Server, Intel® Atom(tm) Processor 230 (512KB L2 cache, 1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB), 2GB (2/0) DDR2 667 SDRAM, 256MB flash ROM, 1TB SATA hard drive, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, gigabit LAN
Acer Aspire easyStore AH341-U1T2H Windows® Home Server, Intel® Atom(tm) Processor D410 (512KB L2 cache, 1.66GHz), 2GB (2) DDR2 800 SDRAM, 256MB flash ROM, 1TB SATA hard drive, gigabit LAN
Acer Aspire easyStore AH342-U2T2H Home Server (Black), Intel® Atom(tm) Processor D510 (1MB L2 cache, 1.66GHz), 2GB (2) DDR2 800 SDRAM, 256MB flash ROM, 2TB SATA hard drive, gigabit LAN
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What follows is my review of this Acer home server, based upon my personal experience with it since purchasing one in late June 2009. If you read this very long review, you’ll learn quite a bit about this Acer server and the Windows Home Server operating system. You’ll also read about some minor issues I’ve run into, and how to workaround those issues. I’ve owned this server for six months now, and it’s been a good experience overall. If you buy this Acer server, you’re not going to get much help from Acer. So for any problems, your own technical know-how and the Internet community are your best sources of help…
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|about 8 months ago
Love this machine,
I’ve been disappointed with a couple of inexpensive network storage devices in the recent past and when this product was available, I jumped at the chance. When you consider that the 1TB hard drive is worth about $100 and the Windows Home Server is worth a little over $100, that means the hardware itself costs you about $200. That is a deal if you ask me. Here is what I like about it.
1. compact size. just a little nondescript box that you place anywhere you have an ethernet port. I put mine in the basement because it is cool down there year round and humidity is controlled.
2. 4 drive bays for plenty of storage. The trays are simple but effective. You have the option of hotswapping the drives although I probably would never use that feature. I do like that the drives are easily accessible. My main desktop has IcyHot trays and it cost me a small fortune for 4. Also, the home server software manages your data almost like RAID. You can configure which folders you want duplicated and it will put the data on different HDs for maximum protection.
3. low energy. I think idle energy consumption is about 50Watts. I leave this thing on all the time (how it was intended). You do not need a mondo processor for file serving.
4. internet access. Microsoft allows you to register your home server free of charge with an address of (name).homeserver.com. I can access my home server at work or out and about using the internet.
5. WHS. This OS is based on Windows Server 2003, a mature product. You control it via a console that you install on any computer you want. You can also control it via remote desktop. As WHS becomes more popular, you will see a load of aftermarket support for it. Right now, there is enough to get by. I even have my Squeezebox server software (beta) running on it and serving up my MP3 collection which resides on the WHS–I have 3 squeezebox unit so this was an unexpected blessing! You can also serve media to your PS3 or XBox360.
6. Quiet. This unit has a small fan and relies heavily on passive cooling. That is good and bad. Compared to a desktop, it is much quieter. My CPU temp is currently 152*F, my system temp 104*F.
Bottom line: a whole lot more than just a simple network storage device! I think the home server concept is sure to take off.
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|about 8 months ago
Great server, and a great value too.,
There aren’t many purpose-built Windows Home Server systems available. I’ve tried the HP 485 also, and I prefer the Acer. I haven’t measured the power consumption directly, but the Atom processor should use less power. More importantly though, it is much quieter than the HP.
The case design seems very sensible. It is shorter than the HP, but a couple of inches wider. This is partly because there’s a big 120mm fan on the right side, blowing air directly at the 4 drive bays as well as the motherboard at the bottom.
Mine came with a Western Digital Green drive. It was the WD10EAVS version which I believe is a budget model (only 8MB cache), but I’m inclined to trust it more than the Seagate 7200.11 drive which comes with the HP.
I did have one problem but this was more of a documentation error. It happened when I tried to do a server recovery (I didn’t need to, I just wanted to make sure I knew how.) This consists of starting the Server Recovery CD on a connected computer, then rebooting the server and hitting the reset switch. Or so the instructions said – but I kept getting the “Server Not Found” error. It took a long time to wade through Acer’s technical support phone system – the first two people on the line seemed to think I was dealing with a desktop computer – but after 20 minutes they finally transferred me to someone with access to the necessary information. It turns out that to put it in reset mode, you have to turn off the server, press and *hold* the reset button (with a paperclip), hit the power button, *then* after several seconds, release the reset button. Even after that, I had to keep hitting the “back” button on the recovery software and retrying, but after a couple of minutes it found the server, and the recovery went smoothly from there.
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