Datasheet

As the Reverend C.A. Goodrich famously wrote in 1827, There is as much mean-
ing in the old adage, and the observance of which let me urge you as a remedy for
every degree of evil I advert to — “Have a place for every thing, and keep every
thing in its proper place.”
Maintaining one shared location for everything, and
keeping everything in its place, can simplify your life tremendously, whether
you advert to degrees of evil or not. (Could somebody please tell me how to
advert to a degree? Sounds like fun.)
When your Great Aunt Martha wants to look at your family photos, she can
sit down at any computer on the network, and she can see this folder called
Photos. Mirabile dictu, that’s where the photos reside. Auntie Martha doesn’t
have to know the name of the computer that contains the photos, the drive
they’re on, or any other computer arcana. They’re just there.
As you get more adept at using WHS, you’ll discover that you can create new
shared folders, grant access permissions, and the like (see Chapter 5). But
straight out of the box, the folders suddenly appear out of thin air — and they
make sense.
Managing disks
Windows Home Server takes care of disk management behind the scenes
so you don’t have to.
You’ll never know, or care, which drive on the WHS computer holds what
folders, or which files.
Figure 1-2:
The
pre-defined
folders.
Simple.
Easy.
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