ReviewsHumuHumu Windows Home Server 2011 - Hands-on Review

HumuHumu Windows Home Server 2011 – Hands-on Review

Jul 23, 2011

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Also included in the review kit was a Western Digital 2TB External USB Drive. This is very useful as a backup drive.

A Closer Look

Opening up the box reveals the insides, and as you can see there isn’t any room to add an additional internal hard drive, and there are no free ports on the motherboard either.

Configuring Windows Home Server 2011

Configuring Windows Home Server 2011 for the first time is exactly the same as we have covered previously, so I won’t be going over that again.

What I will say is that the whole configuration process is branded HumuHumu so that was nice to see an OEM taking the time to do that. Ok, it doesn’t really make any difference to the actual configuration, but it does show that some thought has gone into it.

Andrew Edney

I am the owner and editor of this site. I have been interested in gadgets and tech since I was a little kid. I have also written a number of books on various tech subjects. I also blogged for The Huffington Post and for FHM. And I am honoured to have been a Microsoft MVP since January 2008, including as an Xbox MVP until 2023.

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8 COMMENTS

Leonard Powers Jul 24, 2011 At 11:27 am

Andrew,

Thanks for the great review. I’d like to just mention that our Home Server can actually take an additional 3.5” internal SATA drive via the DVD bay. HumuHumu is happy to accommodate customers who want a solution with a very large storage capacity and we have updated our website to include the option of either a 2TB or 3TB additional HDD at time of purchase. If you want to fit your own HDD, you can purchase an optional bracket fitting kit as well.

We have also completely updated our website recently and I’d invite readers to take a moment to visit us to see the new layout.

Many thanks

Leonard Powers
Technology Director
- Andrew Edney Jul 24, 2011 At 4:11 pm
  
  Thanks Leonard – in order to add the additional hard drive you would need to remove the eSATA port, correct?
  - Leonard Powers Jul 24, 2011 At 7:30 pm
    
    Andrew,
    
    Thats right. You you would need to remove the eSATA port to free up the internal SATA socket.
    
    Leonard
Janne70 Jul 26, 2011 At 12:32 pm

I really don’t see the point in buying a server if it isn’t easy to add and remove harddrives, and it has room for more than one inside by default, preferably 4-5.
It just makes very little sense to me.
- Andrew Edney Jul 26, 2011 At 2:47 pm
  
  Not everyone will want, or need multiple internal hard drives in their server. There is always the eSATA option and the multiple USB option. Personally I would want more internal, but thats just me, and that isnt what everyone wants.

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