I was part of the betas and loved it.

But . . I was running it on a VM and never got around to buildign out a new system.

why in the world would you use a windows home server? it sucks.

I use an opensolaris server for its delicious ZFS. if it wasn't for ZFS I would be using a linux based one.

Have you actually used WHS?

I have a copy of Windows Server... but bang for buck Ill just run linux-flavored servers...

Is WHS something different from Win2k3 Server (or 2k, Nt4, etc.)?

I have a Win2k3, and a Netware 5.11 server (the latter one sits unused now - I have just been too lazy to copy the data off of it - a wopping 20gb of the stuff).

They are about as interesting as drying paint - unless you are studying for certs.

For what it costs? I haven't had one myself. But, my ex roomate had one for a little while, an XP machine with simple file sharing would have served just as well.

I used linux for a bit but now use opensolaris b98. Shared as an SMB network via CIFS, and using secondcopy as a backup procedure.

The "it sucks" was actually not appropriate. I should have said "why pay for it for when you can get open source OS?" and since the server is just that, serving, and not browsing the internet. I have no need to worry about a virus cought on a windows machine spreading to the server via the network. (due to it being a different OS, not due to inherant MS weekness... although its nice that there are practically no viruses written for nix os, it is probably due to lack of marketshare) (not that it happens anyways, I run a tight ship, but for someone else it could be an issue)