Microsoft Windows Home Server may corrupt data

The very hungry Windows Home Server continues to whet its appetite on unfortunate users files as the scope of the problem grows and grows – Windows Home Server Broken Until June 2008, DailyTECH

I didn’t realize until seeing article above that there was a problem of this nature with WHS.

In fairness, some commenters to this article claim that the author is over stating the issue. That may be, but when you have a server product who’s purpose is file/data storage the last thing you want to hear is file corruption, no matter how rare the occurrence. Microsoft says it may be June 08 before a permanent fix to this issue is available.

The majority of users may not experience this issue, but how would you like to gamble your family photos or your music collection?

This makes my trusty old Linux based ReadyNAS NV network storage/media streaming device seem cutting edge, or at least not “bleeding edge.”

Update :

Microsoft says fixing a data corruption bug in Windows Home Server is the top priority for the product’s development team.

Microsoft admitted on a technical blog on March 10 that Windows Home Server can corrupt data when used with a wide variety of common applications.

Microsoft Admits to Home Server Data Corruption Problem – eWeek