Microsoft Windows Home Server

Ricky Saltzer

Overall Advantages Backup Solution Secure Storage Container Remote Access to Network (not VPN)

Network Topology

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192.168.2.100

192.168.2.101

Home Server192.168.2.102

192.168.2.103

192.168.2.1

192.168.1.2

192.168.1.1

Dynamic or StaticEx: 66.82.4.8

Backups Automatic backups at desired schedule Automatic File Detection

Pictures Documents Explicit Extension (ex: *.dwg)

Security NTLMv2 Authentication Headers Access files specific to your user name (guid) Windows Server 2003 Security Architecture

Remote Access Control computer away from home (RDP over HTTP Protocol) Upload / Download any file with respected credentials. Easy to remember FQDN (http://rickysaltzer.homeserver.com)

End User Home Server

http://rickysaltzer.homeserver.com

What is DNS? A service which translates FQDN -> IP Address(s)

Example : download.microsoft.com > 206.33.45.125

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COM

MICROSOFT

DOWNLOAD

(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)

207.46.197.32

206.33.45.125

NET

-- download.microsoft.com --

Note:

URL addresses actually have a “.” after it’s address.

“download.microsoft.com.”

How Dynamic DNS Works

User’s Home Server Microsoft DNS Server

DYNAMIC DNS UPDATE QUERY (Once a Day)

1.) Home Server Initiates Connection with DNS Server.

2.) Home Server Updates DNS Record with current outside ip address.

3.) User now able to acess his / her home server via URL(ex: http://rickysaltzer.homeserver.com)

IP Forwarding

IP FORWARDING (If UPnP cannot be enabled)

PORT NUMBER PORT TYPE

80 (HTTP) TCP

443 (HTTPS) TCP

Retail, or OEM built home servers are in RAID configuration.

RAID 0 – Striped without parity.

RAID 1 – Mirror without parity

Data Integrity

1 2

SATA 0 (500gb) SATA 1SATA 1 (500gb)

SATA 1 (500gb)

1 1

SATA 0 (500gb)

Total:

1 Terabyte

Total

500 Gigabytes