Microsoft Cuts Backup From Home Server Update
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 16 May 2008 - 18:15 · 9 comments & 2656 views
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#1 Posted by +TCLN Ryster on 16 May 2008 - 19:54
- So... basically you're saying "we're cutting this feature because we think our users are too stupid to use it correctly".
Hurrah!
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#2 Posted by DrIndianaJones on 16 May 2008 - 20:38
- Bummer, this is the main feature I've been waiting for. I have two of the WHS's running in my family (two different houses) and am really concerned about backing them up. I suppose, if the the feature isn't quite ready for prime-time then it best be left out until it is ready. I only wish us beta testers could test it.
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#3 Posted by ljames28 on 16 May 2008 - 20:58
- I believe they were concerned that if a user pulls out the HDD during a backup, and then tries to restore from it, that it would destroy the backup database
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#3.1 Posted by Turge on 16 May 2008 - 21:52
- It's pretty lame that it didn't verify that the backup was completed when attempting to restore from it. That would've taken 10 mins to implement.
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#3.2 Posted by Smigit on 19 May 2008 - 10:08
- Yeah it should use a ledger/journal type system to implement the backups and I would be surprised if it didn't. The backup should only be able to be used once it is completed AND verified as being valid with said verification being the last transaction to take place. Dozens of OS's use similar mthods for other aspects so no reason not to implement that here.
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#4 Posted by C_Guy on 16 May 2008 - 22:09
- "The team will look to add this functionality in a future release after Power Pack 1,"
So, the feature is being removed temporarily while a bug is ironed out of it. How horrific.
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#4.1 Posted by daPhoenix on 17 May 2008 - 07:17
- (C_Guy said @ #4)So, the feature is being removed temporarily while a bug is ironed out of it. How horrific.
Sounds a bit like the "extras" in Vista - it's been soon what, 1 1/2 years and we've seen err.. a few backgrounds. Great value for money if you ask me.
If you hype your product with a functionality and then rip it out wouldn't that fall in the category of false advertising and make the business liable for a claim? -
#4.2 Posted by virtorio on 18 May 2008 - 05:12
- (daPhoenix said @ #4.1)(C_Guy said @ #4)So, the feature is being removed temporarily while a bug is ironed out of it. How horrific.
Sounds a bit like the "extras" in Vista - it's been soon what, 1 1/2 years and we've seen err.. a few backgrounds. Great value for money if you ask me.
If you hype your product with a functionality and then rip it out wouldn't that fall in the category of false advertising and make the business liable for a claim?
Ultimate was more about the combining the Home and Professional product lines. Sure, Microsoft have wasted what might have been a good thing but anyone who brought Ultimate simply because of the extras wasted their money.
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#5 Posted by Smigit on 17 May 2008 - 03:23
- This has been a pretty botchy release hasn't it? And people think Vista has had a rough time...
The data corruption bug isnt due to be fixed for a few months still and has been looked at since the very start of this year. I realise it's a low level, fundamental to the OS problem but for a server it's a pretty big one to ship with. Add to that they STILL don't officially support x64 systems (via a x64 connector) which would likely make up a fair amount of their users being its the same people who adopted x64 early that are likely to adopt home server early. It'll likely effect me and I'm unsure how much I want to hack in the support. And yeah now this feature which I won't miss but it's hardly good publicity.
Don't get me wrong, the OS as a whole is a good idea and I own a copy that I'll install as soon as I manage to back my old PC data to my old one and then can format the drive but overall it's been a pretty disappointing release bug and management wise.
Last week, Todd Headrick, marketing director for Windows Home Server, said the ability to back up the backup database has been dropped from Power Pack 1. "The feature had to be cut due to the interplay with the connector install and the fact that consumers may hork their backup database by doing an incomplete backup or interrupting the restore process. The team will look to add this functionality in a future release after Power Pack 1," Headrick wrote in a post on Microsoft's Windows Home Server forums.