Windows Home Server is a fantastic product! It’s one of the best products to come out of Microsoft in the past few years. If you’re a Windows Media Center user, like me, then it makes all the sense in the world to also be running a WHS. Recently Microsoft released a beta of Power Pack 3 for WHS which added even more great integration with Media Center. For more details on it you can read our review here.
So the question you’re probably asking yourself right now is: “if he likes WHS so much why is he giving up on it?” It’s a great question with a simple answer: electricity.
While I don’t think anyone could ever call me a tree-hugger, I have been trying to make changes to my life to try and better care for the planet we’ve all been given. How does that really relate to WHS? It’s simple. I currently have a Windows 7 Media Center system that is always on. There isn’t anything I can really do about that. I also use an XBOX 360 as a Media Center Extender on my main viewing television. The XBOX is usually on for many hours per day due to its importance in my setup. Adding another computer that needs to be constantly running just seems like too much to me.
What I’m really hoping is that what Ben Drawbaugh of EngadgetHD has predicted. In an article he wrote in May he described how he though Microsoft might be, and should be, moving to combine Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server into one operating system. If this were the case I could turn the box that is currently my Media Center into my Windows Home Media Server. Then I would only have one computer that is always on, but would still have all of the benefits of having both operating systems.
So until Microsoft combines the two products, or I decide to build a really lower power machine for WHS, I’ll be returning to just having one machine constantly running in my house.
Configure your MC to do S3 standby, it will consume b/w 3-10 watts (depending on your system) when it sleeps. Set the NIC to wake on lan (the 360 will send one when it wants to connect).
No reason you can't do the same w/ the WHS.
My WHS only draws ~30 watts, compared to the 120 my MC draws and I use it as a HA controller. But I can totally see where you are coming from, but it might be worth some effort to get sleep working.
I have similar issues. An integrated 'Media Server' system would be the ultimate solution.
I would also be interested in opinions about S3 sleep for MC as I've had countless issues with this in the past and it is the reason mine is on 24/7.
Why can't you configure S3 sleep on your Windows 7 Media Center PC? The XBOX 360 extender will wake it up when it attempts to connect an extender session.
Just run WHS in a virtual machine program, like vmware
http://neuralfibre.com/paul/it/combining-vista-…
http://www.whsplus.com/2009/06/26/lightsout/
Of course, doesn't work well if you have Linksys extenders without WOL, as you'd have to keep the MC computer awake at all times.
and this is another box on which it is necessary that the update program to install new ones.
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and this is another box on which it is necessary that the update program to install new ones.
I have a backup service does not work for 2 months.
Again you do not want to reinstall just want to give….