PerfectDisk, the disk defragging solution for your computers, including your Windows Home Server, have started to drop hints about support for WHS Vail.
Here is what they said:
The web lit up yesterday with Microsoft’s unveiling of the beta for the next integration of its popular Windows Home Server OS — Windows Home Server Version 2, codenamed Vail. WHS has a passionate fan and install base now, and this group is excited to see Windows Home Server move forward. Since its release, we have seen the high energy and interest from WHS users even as it relates to WHS defrag with our PerfectDisk Windows Home Server solution.
The Microsoft Windows Home Server Blog outlines the 4 key areas of improvement with Vail:
- Extending media streaming outside the home or office
- Multi-PC backup and restore
- Simplified setup and user experience
- Expanded development and customization tools for partners.
And there’s something else that has us really excited here at Raxco Software. There are some changes with the Drive Extender technology coming in Vail that will have some big changes in the area of file management. First, a brief overview of Drive Extender – this is how Wikipedia begins its description:
Windows Home Server Drive Extender is a file-based replication system that provides three key capabilities:[16]
- Multi-disk redundancy so that if any given disk fails, data is not lost
- Arbitrary storage expansion by supporting any type of hard disk drive (Serial ATA, USB, FireWire etc.) in any mixture and capacity — similar in concept to JBOD
- A single folder namespace (no drive letters)
We have been briefed by Microsoft and have details on changes being made with Drive Extender. We are unable to give specifics on this until this part of Vail is announced by Microsoft. But we can say that we are working on new Drive Extender-specific technology that we will announce as soon as we can legally disclose information. The technology that we are working on with Microsoft deals with free space consolidation, and goes in a direction that is outside of disk defragmentation.
The WHS Console is updated and renamed in Vail and is now the Dashboard. Our solution will be fully integrated with the Dashboard and Launchpad, and will also have full management and reporting on usage of the Server Storage Pool. Our solutions will be fully ready when Vail is launched.
Windows Home Server is moving forward with Vail. And we’re moving forward with it.
PerfectDisk 11 Windows Home Server info is here.
We have done a number of articles in the past on PerfectDisk, so if you want to remind yourself about what it does, click here:
