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WHS 2 (vail) Is based on Server 2008 and is 64bit only.

A lot has/is changing under the hood.

Jeff

Microsoft has also said that 7 was the last 32-bit OS they'd release.

Windows 8 squared

Until products based on the upcoming Windows Home Server start arriving, I'm thinking of doing NAS for my backup/media streaming needs. I'm looking at the Synology DiskStation 2-Bay along with a couple of WD Caviar Green drives. I like the DLNA aspect. What do you guys think?

Double check that the Greens are compatible with the unit. I've had some issues with WD Green drives in a ReadyNAS Duo. Well, I just had to find a secret firmware editing program, but it could have been bad!

You may have a point about the Greens. Some of the user comments were making me wonder. What drives would you go with?

Oh, I really like the Greens in concept, but if you're going to be doing media streaming, you might actually want something faster. I've heard good things about the Spinpoint F3s, and I'm always a fan of WD Black drives. If the manufacturer has a compatibility list, that's where you should go.

The Spinpoint drives look good. I'm currently using both a 1 TB WD Green and 1 TB Black drive in my system, and I haven't had any issues. The Green rests in an eSATA hard drive dock and is what I use for my media. The Black is in my case and is what I use for all of my games. Does media streaming really call for more performance than the Greens have? I didn't even think of that as a possible issue. Anyway, the Spinpoint drive I'm looking at is on the compatibility list, so I may go that route.

Not sure. Honestly, my experience with greens may be tainted by the speed of the ReadyNAS Duo, and I'm not using it for media streaming.

I've personally had bad luck with compatible with Greens also. Avoid them.