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Old February 18, 2013, 06:58 PM
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WHS2011 is cheap but as stated its discontinued and honestly never did have very good support/drivers/development so I'm thinking things are only going to get worse for it.
Drivers ? we talk about a NAS, as long as the HD and NIC work on it , you are ok. I have 2 here working flawless since 2 years.
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Drivers ? we talk about a NAS, as long as the HD and NIC work on it , you are ok. I have 2 here working flawless since 2 years.

Yes getting the HD controller and NIC working are key, a bit of research before purchasing hardware should guarantee that. There are times I wish the USB3 would work too.
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