WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:07.799 this is a pretty exciting product that just arrived this is the ASUS TS mini 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:12.440 Windows Home Server so the specs are right here you can see it runs an Intel 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:16.320 atom with 1 gig of RAM it has one 500 gig drive but it's available in up to 2 00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:20.160 terabyte configurations so this is a Windows Home Server as I just said and 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:24.439 it supports up to two 3 and 1/2 in drives by default so why don't we start 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:29.320 getting this box open and have a look at it the TS mini actually includes besides 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:33.680 the standard Windows Home Server stuff a couple of unique assus features so oh I 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:39.160 can't believe I even showed you this brown box there's actually a full proper 00:00:36.239 --> 00:00:43.440 retail box underneath it that actually like looks good and includes uh probably 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:48.079 more information about it than the bottom one actually it doesn't it 00:00:45.559 --> 00:00:51.360 includes zero information about it so you can store share and secure your 00:00:49.559 --> 00:00:55.440 digital life now I'm a big fan of Windows Home Server I've been using 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:59.440 Windows Home Server since it was in beta and I'm going to sort of cover a few of 00:00:57.480 --> 00:01:04.479 the awesome and unique features about it during this video but there's way way 00:01:02.199 --> 00:01:08.040 more it is so customizable you can really do a ton of different stuff with 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:11.520 Windows Home Server software so the first thing we find in the box is your 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:16.840 warranty card addressed to dearest customers we find one Ethernet cable a 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:21.560 power adapter as well as a cable for that and then we have the Windows Home 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:25.439 Server software installation CD so they actually give you a Windows disc that's 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:31.119 pretty nice or they give you a restore CD and they also give you a recovery DVD 00:01:28.960 --> 00:01:35.880 oh yeah sorry this is the Windows Home Server installation disc I should know 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:37.280 this this is the PC restore CD so this 00:01:35.880 --> 00:01:41.799 is one of the features of Windows Home Server that is really cool it backs up 00:01:39.520 --> 00:01:45.360 all your computers overnight every night and then what you do is if you have a 00:01:43.119 --> 00:01:50.680 hard drive crash completely die in one of your home PCS you basically just put 00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:55.000 in a new hard drive put this disc in your in your DVD drive and then you run 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:58.840 the software off here it takes all the data off the Home Server dumps it onto 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:02.600 the new drive and basically you'd never know that your computer was out uh 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:07.079 here's a server recovery DVD this is actually for recovering the Home Server 00:02:05.320 --> 00:02:11.200 to factory default so you can either install manually or you can restore it 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:14.360 to factory default very cool it includes some extra hard drive screws so if you 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:18.760 buy your own hard drives to upgrade the TS mini you will have extra screws 00:02:16.959 --> 00:02:24.040 here's a quick start guide let's see what they include in their quick start guide I'm actually curious so they 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:27.720 probably show you you connect it to the Ethernet uh you can't run a Home Server 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:31.840 over Wireless so that's one of the things that they've uh put pointed out 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:35.680 right here is that the Home Server actually has to be hardwired directly to 00:02:33.440 --> 00:02:40.440 your router but from there it can back up computers that are connected by wire 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:44.560 or by um or by Wireless it doesn't really matter so you set up the PS mini 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:48.959 now Home Server is never intended to be plugged into a monitor so you actually 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:53.519 administer the Home Server from a home computer you use like a custom remote 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:57.319 desktop connection to plug into it and that is how it's done here they give you 00:02:55.480 --> 00:03:02.800 quick instructions on how to install another hard drive on the back uh how to 00:03:00.480 --> 00:03:06.760 set up user accounts so with the user accounts you can set um you can set up 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:11.040 to 10 user accounts and you can give certain people access to certain folders 00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:15.640 you can limit how much storage can be used by each user you've got all kinds 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:20.200 of great control you can oh this is cool remote access you can set whether each 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:24.360 user has the ability to log into the Home Server from anywhere in the world 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:29.159 sorry my memory card ran out so you can also select um which users can have full 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:34.159 remote access not only to the Home Server but also to any other PC in your 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:39.760 house that's running a remote access capable OS like Windows XP Pro Windows 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:42.360 Vista uh business and up and then 00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:46.360 Windows 7 Professional and up so that's a very cool feature you can set up all 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:50.799 of your sharing folders this is another good one uh replication so with every 00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:53.879 folder on oh this isn't what it's about well either way replication is a really 00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:58.519 good feature with every folder on the Windows Home Server you can actually set 00:03:56.640 --> 00:04:02.319 whether it is going to be replicated or not so okay I can talk about this more 00:04:00.799 --> 00:04:06.239 later cameraman's telling me to move faster so asso special features these we 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:11.079 definitely need to talk about their web-based management software that allows you to manage the Home Server 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:15.000 their xtor manager that allows you to easily and directly back up synchronized 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:19.359 manage folders on an external USB or esad device so not only on the internal 00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:23.040 drives as well as their web storage so they have a free one-year online account 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:27.360 that allows you to back up files from your home server with your internet 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:32.280 connection and store them online so there you go let's actually get the TS 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:34.400 mini open up here and have a look at the 00:04:32.280 --> 00:04:40.960 this device now my home server is actually just a custom cobbled together 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:44.840 uh nightmare of Machinery uh it consumes a ton of power it's really loud I locked 00:04:42.840 --> 00:04:48.639 it in the closet but this is meant to be more like an appliance that you could 00:04:46.919 --> 00:04:54.840 actually store somewhere in your house and have it not look horrible um let's 00:04:52.160 --> 00:05:01.039 just take the plastic off here so it's a very Sleek looking thing you've got a 00:04:56.960 --> 00:05:04.160 nice glossy black finish on the TS 00:05:01.039 --> 00:05:06.080 mini okay let's get all these Plastics 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:09.560 off so you got a bunch of ventilation up here at the top then you got your power 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:13.600 switch which is pretty much um all you'll ever need cuz Home Server 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:18.600 basically runs itself and then I'm just going to take off this uh last piece of 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:23.240 plastic here at the front okay there's your assus Home Server logo you got your 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:27.400 little Windows logo you have activity LEDs for both of your individual hard 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:31.639 drives here on the front as well as a network LED indicator this thing is is 00:05:29.880 --> 00:05:35.240 incredibly shiny I'm going to have to be careful not to show the cameraman here I 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:39.680 mean look at this let's do the obligatory finger shot where you can see 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:46.880 exactly how shiny the side of this thing is on the back we find a ton of extra 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:50.080 storage uh inputs so with the TS mini you can have two internal hard drives 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:54.800 and then you can potentially plug in another six external hard drives and 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:59.000 another two eSATA hard drives so if you wanted to have something to either back 00:05:56.400 --> 00:06:01.800 up temporarily and then take it away or something just plug plugged in 00:05:59.960 --> 00:06:06.199 permanently that sits right on top of the TS mini you've got all of those 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:09.520 different options at your disposal next you've got your gigabit landan Port as 00:06:07.880 --> 00:06:12.360 well as your DC power in and a Kensington lock just in case you're 00:06:10.960 --> 00:06:16.440 worried about someone stealing your Home Server now the whole point of Windows 00:06:15.400 --> 00:06:21.880 Home Server is data security so I'm going to 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:25.520 open this up uh is data security Now what I was about to mention before when 00:06:23.400 --> 00:06:29.800 the cameraman so rudely interrupted me was that Windows Home Server has a 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:35.919 replicating feature where you can set folder to safely back up any data on 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:38.599 more than one hard drive so if you got two hard drives installed in the Home 00:06:37.280 --> 00:06:43.160 Server or if you have one drive installed and one plugged into the back 00:06:40.840 --> 00:06:47.360 you can set it so that no matter what any data that you write to the Home 00:06:44.599 --> 00:06:52.160 Server will be stored on at least two of those drives at any given time and it 00:06:49.840 --> 00:06:58.400 will actually run those backup checks multiple times daily and that is how you 00:06:55.599 --> 00:07:02.879 can make sure that you do not lose any data even in the event that your Home 00:07:00.080 --> 00:07:07.080 Server suffers uh a hard drive failure or some other kind of catastrophic crash 00:07:05.479 --> 00:07:11.560 and I can vouch for this personally because I've actually had several times 00:07:09.400 --> 00:07:16.520 I've had drives in my Home Server die and I have never once lost any of the 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:21.879 data that I was using the backup uh replication software for so I have got 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:25.199 this open now I don't think I'm going to go any further here to show you how to 00:07:23.599 --> 00:07:28.840 install a hard drive but I suspect you just kind of remove some of these screws 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:34.400 and it's not too difficult so thank you for checking out my unboxing and first 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:35.639 look at the ASUS TS mini and I hope that 00:07:34.400 --> 00:07:39.520 you've enjoyed it don't forget to subscribe to my video blog and I hope to 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:44.000 be doing a followup soon with some of the uh unique assus features that come 00:07:41.960 --> 00:07:48.080 with this particular home server unit so the cameraman was complaining I 00:07:46.440 --> 00:07:51.919 didn't really take any close looks at the Home Server uh or rather not close 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:55.639 looks we did lots of close looks but we didn't do kind of an overall view of it 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:59.120 so he wanted to get a closer look at the vents up top and there are actually 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:03.479 there must be some kind of a fan under here because uh I can feel air flow yeah 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:08.159 there's two little fans down here I can feel air flow coming up from the bottom 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:10.639 of the Home Server and then um you can 00:08:08.159 --> 00:08:14.280 actually see on the bottom here there is a ventilation and then here this is 00:08:12.919 --> 00:08:18.479 interesting so you've got the rubber feet here and then you've got kind of a 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:23.479 cutaway so that means that even if you sit the Home Server down on a Surface 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:27.000 there's still lots of room here for the air to come in under the server and then 00:08:25.280 --> 00:08:30.520 be pulled up through the top so that you can make sure that your hard drives as 00:08:28.479 --> 00:08:35.320 well as your C in there and everything else stays nice and cool and one thing 00:08:32.959 --> 00:08:39.640 that I probably didn't emphasize enough in the first video or in the first part 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:45.519 of this video is that there is no display there's no display output the 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:47.040 Home Server is accessed only by remote 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:52.920 desktop connection through the Ethernet port so thank you for checking out my video on the ASUS TS Mini