[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

[Paul Sture]

On Wed, 16 May 2012 08:59:44 -0500, Bob Koehler wrote:

> In article <AIudnRxTUetRcC_SnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B.
> Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> 
>> I think you must be doing something wrong.  My Windows box is turned on
>> 24x7.  I'm running Windows XP Service Pack Three.  It's been up for
>> years.  The only times I've had to reboot have been when a power
>> outrage lasts long enough for my UPS to run down.
> 
>    I think you must be patently lucky.  I'm running WXP SP3.  It has to
>    reboot for patches at least once a month.  It freezes up.  I get a
>    couple BSOD a year.

With the last round of patches one XP SP3 box suffered, the other 
(identical apart from name and license) did not.

Fortunately Windows Home Server 2011 does a decent job of backing up the 
one I have at home.  I just select which backup I want to restore, pop in 
a USB stick on the server where it writes the necessary stuff, then use 
it to boot and restore the XP box.  Somewhat unexpectedly it doesn't 
touch the Linux partition, so I'm straight back in business once the 
restore is done (and it's a gigabit link so pretty swift).

The backup provided by Windows Home Server 2011 is pretty good and hasn't 
let me down in the 5 months I've been using it.  I'm not keen on what I 
consider to be overly restrictive licensing (you aren't supposed to run 
business apps such as "MS Office or timesheet programs on it), and some 
bits are a bit flaky, but the backup system does work.

-- 
Paul Sture