Easier backup

If you've heard me going on and on about backup then you might be interested in this...

...based on some research from 2005-ish, households in the USA with broadband and 2 or more PCs sharing an Internet connection have the following characteristics:

• On average, these households have 3 "active" PCs with the majority running a mix of Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional
• Over 90% of these households own a digital camera
• Over 95% own a color printer
• 70% own a game console
• Less than 20% feel they have a good backup solution

Yikes. I'd wager that a fair few of the 20% that do feel they have a good backup solution just haven't had a catastrophic failure. One of the biggest pain points with backup is making it happen, especially across multiple PCs. Enter Windows Home Server (the home server blog is where those stats are from) announced at CES earlier this year which provides backup; media sharing and remote content access with an appliance like philosophy. Yes, us geeks can install on random hardware, but there's were some exciting complete solutions previewed at CES. To quote Paul Thurrott:

I'm excited about Windows Home Server in a way that I haven't been about technology since the first time I laid eyes on Windows Media Center ("Freestyle"), back in early 2002. Enthusiasts are going to eat this thing up, and once more typical consumers catch on, I suspect Windows Home Server is going to find a huge market indeed. And that's a good thing: Windows Home Server looks like a winner, and I can't wait to get this thing up and running in my home.

Oh, and it appears you can use this as a target for Mac backup too.

 

tags: backup, home server