We Got Served

Following today’s announcement of the Acer Aspire easyStore Home Server, Acer now have more details of the product available on their UK website.

The Aspire easyStore Home Server: a wonderfully compact home appliance that allows you to store, protect, share and grow your digital library with family and friends.

• Store your photos, music and video in one place.
• Protect your files with automatic backups, quick recovery and antivirus software.
• Share your files with family and friends anytime, anywhere.
• Grow your storage capacity by adding hard drives as you wish.

Bringing the digital home together
With the Acer easyStore Home Server, families can store photos, music and videos all in one place, protect that precious digital content with automatic backups, quick recovery and antivirus software, and share files with family and friends anytime, anywhere. As the home library of digital content increases, hard drives can be added to increase storage capacity.

“Windows Home Server helps families ensure that their precious digital content is safe, secure and easily accessible at home or on the road. The new Aspire easyStore Home Server from Acer is a great example of this new generation of products,” said Charlie Kindel, general manager of Windows Server Solutions at Microsoft. “We are excited to have Acer join the growing Windows Home Server product category and bring this new offering to consumers.”

Aspiring the digital experience with ease and fun
Design for families who need more just video or picture storage at home. Through Aspire easyStore Home Server, close family members and friends can securely access with easy through Internet regardless where they are. With one-touch USB Copy, Power Saver Scheduler, and DLNA certified, Aspire easyStore Home Server brings in convenience for the family and friends.
“Aspire easyStore Home Server truly brings in gap between the technology and people.

With more people are travelling and live in different places, it brings the family together sharing memory and fun without boundary. In addition, we are excited to team up with Microsoft and Intel to share the same concept by delivering this fun and easy to use product out for consumers,” expressed Allen Jong, Director of Stationary Computing Business Unit, ITGO, Acer Inc.

Powered by Windows Home Server
Running on the Windows Home Server operating system, the Aspire EasyStore Home Server is equipped with an Intel® Atom™ Processor 230, a maximum storage capacity of 4TB and up to four 3.5″ hot-swappable SATA hard disk drives. The Acer EasyStore Home Server also comes with a 6-month free trial of McAfee® Total Protection™ Service.

Technical Specification

Media sharing

Enable the Media Library Sharing option to share chosen folders

PC backup

Once Aspire easyStore Home Server client software is installed, WHS automatically backs up the home PC every night.
After the initial full hard drive backup, changes are backed up incrementally.
The backup frequency and time is customizable.

PC Restore

If a home PC’s hard drive crashes, use the PC Recovery Disc to boot the PC and restore from a hard drive image stored on the Aspire easyStore Home Server.

Server management

Windows Home Server (WHS) Connector allows all home PCs with administrative access privileges to manage the Aspire easyStore Home Server through the WHS Console. Management options include customizing backups, assigning user access privileges, setting up shared folders and configuring server storage or security options.

Storage expansion

WHS Drive Extender allows the addition of an internal or external drive to increase the Aspire easyStore Home Server’s total storage capacity.
No need to power-off the unit.
No more drive letters for multiple hard drives.

Folder protection

Allows shared folders with the duplication option enabled to be duplicated on a separate hard drive on the Aspire easyStore Home Server.

Remote access

Set up a free and secure personal web address for remote access to the Aspire easyStore Home Server through the WHS Console and Windows Live™.
Enabling the remote access option and configuring user accounts via the WHS Console permits Internet access to the Aspire easyStore Home Server from a remote PC.

Network access

Connect to the Aspire easyStore Home Server directly from a home PC by installing the client software.

One-touch USB copy

A button that uploads all data on a device connected to the front-loading USB port; the data is automatically sorted and stored by file type into designated folders.

DLNA Certified™

Enjoy music, photos and videos on TV with family and friends via DLNA 1.5 certified Home Server (DMS) and digital media player (DMP)

Lights out

Save energy by scheduling standby and resume times for the Aspire easyStore Home Server.

Configurations

Acer Aspire easyStore Home Server
TS.R360W.011

Aspire easyStore Home Server, English preload. Windows Home Server, Atom 230, 1x1GB DDR2 800, 1x640GB HDD. UK, EUR, CH power cable.

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