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ASUS TS-Mini/500GB - SOHO Server - Making Home Server Easy (Storage, Backup, and Sharing) WebStorage: Free 1 year subscription for 500GB online storage. - External Backup: Directly and easily backup, synchronize and manage your files/folders (6 USB2.0 and 2 eSATA ports). ASWM: ASUS monitoring application to provide live status updates on the Home Server.Energy Saving: 25-28W, low power consumption.
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- Excusive 500GB Web Storage for important data redundancy- Easy Data Backup and Restore of Home Computers
- Online Access of Files from Anywhere Globally
- Convenient Media Streaming at Home
- Powered by Microsoft Windows Home Server
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By K. Vu
In searching for a server, I wanted something easy on the electricity in order to keep it on all day. If this does indeed use only 27 watts when at max operating, it's perfect.
I use it for file storage, having WinAmp running at all times to be able to remotely (via Ipod Touch) turn on to stream to an Airport Express with Airfoil (iTunes gave me problems, read below), run uTorrent all the time, and stream to a WD TV Live.
It's doing all these things for me perfectly. The only thing I don't run on it that I had planned on is PlayOn to stream Hulu to the WD TV Live. The CPU is lacking for this, so I do run PlayOn from my laptop when needed.
In installing iTunes to WHS via instructions found on the net, I got it to install, but had the "stuttering/pausing" problem with iTunes. I have this happen once in a long while on my laptop, but with the Server, it was pausing every 3 seconds or so, continuously. I found if I had QuickTime player running, this got rid of the stutter for some reason, but QuickTime then consumed 50-60% CPU constantly. I didn't want to subject the CPU to this, so I switched to WinAmp and Airfoil, and the combination is working fine for my purposes. I'm still able to remotely control WinAmp with my Ipod Touch with a iAmpRemote, although with less capabilities that the Apple Remote and iTunes gives you (sort by artist, song, etc).
My server sits in my family room, so I also installed a USB sound card with XP drivers to the server, and can route sound directly from the server to my stereo via the USB Sound card.
So far, I've been very pleased with it. The Atom Processor is capable for what I use it for (and more so if you don't intend to run things like Winamp/iTunes, etc on it). Anything that takes a CPU power, like PlayOn to process video, will run slowly and not so well on it. So consider the trade offs of the small lower power consuming CPU, versus CPU power needed.
By Luis Gonzales
I LOVE THIS HOME SERVER. ITS EASY TO USE AND SO SMALL, IT SAVES SPACE AND LOOKS ELEGANT. IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE. THANKS ASUS!
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