The level of support for the WHS environment by commercial and enthusiast developers continues to grow – more and more appear each week and We Got Served tracks them providing download links and forums to discuss your experiences with them - we are lucky to have many of the authors participating in the forums also.
At the beginning of March we added the option for you to rate each of the Commercial Software and Community Add-Ins for Windows Home Server - it’s time for another progress report on how the polls are running.
Thanks to those of you who have voted – and if you don’t think your favourite add-in is rated correctly then make sure you go in and vote so your views are counted next time.
Please visit the threads in the Software for Windows Home Server & the Community Add-Ins sections of the WeGotServed forums for each of these products and cast your vote for your favourite software to extend your WHS experience.
There’s some new entrants to our leader boards this time around including recently released F-Secure Home Security (in beta with release candidate available) and GridJunction (new beta V1.1 now available).
It’s difficult to summarise all of the results as some of the products only received a few votes but here are the “lists” that might help you decide on just what software to consider for your WHS.
Commercial Software
Top 5 by overall votes:
Avast! Anti-Virus WHS Edition - 26 responses
PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server - 21 responses
Diskeeper 2008 HomeServer - 13 responses
Wake on LAN – 12 responses
Jungle Disk for Windows Home Server – 7 responses
Top 5 by Top Rating of 5:
Jungle Disk for Windows Home Server - 71%
PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server - 48%
Diskeeper 2008 HomeServer – 38%
Sage TV for Windows Home Server – 33%
Avast! Anti-Virus WHS Edition – 31%
Top 5 by Top Ratings of 4 and 5 combined:
F-Secure Home Security – 100%
Sage TV for Windows Home Server – 100%
Jungle Disk for Windows Home Server - 86%
PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server - 86%
mControl for Windows Home Server – 80%
Community Add-Ins
Top 5 by overall votes:
WHS Disk Management - 42 responses
LightsOut – 30 responses
Whiist - 29 responses
Advanced Admin Console – 27 responses
Webguide for Windows Home Server - 23 responses
Top 5 by Top Rating of 5:
GridJunction – 82%
AutoExit for Windows Home Server - 57%
Any Service Installer – 50%
Advanced Admin Console – 48%
Whiist – 45%
Top 5 by Top Ratings of 4 and 5 combined:
GridJunction – 100%
WHS Disk Management – 88%
AutoExit for Windows Home Server - 86%
Whiist – 86%
Advanced Admin Console – 81%
The full results as of 21 June 2008 are:
|
Commercial Software |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total Responses |
|
Avast! Anti-Virus WHS Edition |
0% |
19% |
8% |
42% |
31% |
26 |
|
BitDefender Total Security |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1 |
|
Digital ArcHound |
0% |
67% |
33% |
0% |
0% |
3 |
|
Diskeeper 2008 HomeServer |
15% |
8% |
8% |
31% |
38% |
13 |
|
F-Secure Home Security |
0% |
0% |
0% |
100% |
0% |
3 |
|
Jungle Disk for Windows Home Server |
0% |
0% |
14% |
14% |
71% |
7 |
|
KeepVault |
0% |
33% |
33% |
33% |
0% |
6 |
|
0% |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
1 |
|
|
mControl for Windows Home Server |
0% |
20% |
0% |
60% |
20% |
5 |
|
PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server |
5% |
5% |
5% |
38% |
48% |
21 |
|
PVConnect |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0 |
|
Recorded TV Manager |
0% |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
2 |
|
Sage TV for Windows Home Server |
0% |
0% |
0% |
67% |
33% |
3 |
|
VPOP3 Email Server |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0 |
|
Wake on LAN |
42% |
17% |
8% |
8% |
25% |
12 |
|
|
||||||
|
Community Add-Ins |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total Responses |
|
Add Website |
0% |
20% |
40% |
0% |
40% |
5 |
|
Advanced Admin Console |
4% |
7% |
7% |
33% |
48% |
27 |
|
Any Service Installer |
0% |
0% |
25% |
25% |
50% |
4 |
|
AutoExit for Windows Home Server |
7% |
7% |
0% |
29% |
57% |
14 |
|
Client Info |
0% |
30% |
60% |
0% |
10% |
10 |
|
DHCP for Windows Home Server |
0% |
33% |
50% |
17% |
0% |
6 |
|
Download Manager |
0% |
0% |
50% |
25% |
25% |
4 |
|
DupeCleaner |
0% |
50% |
0% |
25% |
25% |
4 |
|
Duplication Info for Windows Home Server |
0%
|
8% |
23% |
62% |
8% |
13 |
|
easyRadius |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0 |
|
Event Viewer |
17% |
0% |
33% |
50% |
0% |
6 |
|
Firefly Media Server |
20% |
0% |
60% |
20% |
0% |
5 |
|
Fritz!Box Call Monitor |
50% |
50% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
2 |
|
FTP Manager |
0% |
33% |
33% |
33% |
0% |
3 |
|
GridJunction |
0% |
0% |
0% |
18% |
82% |
11 |
|
Home Base |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1 |
|
ipsHomeControl |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1 |
|
LightsOut |
3% |
0% |
20% |
33% |
43% |
30 |
|
LogPoint Performance Monitor |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1 |
|
Media Connect Controller |
0% |
33% |
0% |
33% |
33% |
3 |
|
On The Fly Unzipper |
0% |
20% |
40% |
40% |
0% |
5 |
|
Photosync for Windows Home Server |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1 |
|
PowerSwitch |
83% |
17% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
6 |
|
Program Launcher |
0% |
25% |
0% |
75% |
0% |
4 |
|
Remote Notification |
0% |
0% |
29% |
29% |
43% |
7 |
|
Tab Manager |
20% |
40% |
0% |
20% |
20% |
5 |
|
Tab Reorderer |
0% |
33% |
0% |
33% |
33% |
3 |
|
Tab Scroller |
0% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
2 |
|
TiVo Publisher for Windows Home Server |
10% |
10% |
10% |
30% |
40% |
10 |
|
To Desktop |
0% |
14% |
36% |
36% |
14% |
14 |
|
uTorrent Poll |
0% |
33% |
0% |
33% |
33% |
3 |
|
Vista Caller-ID Home Server |
0% |
50% |
0% |
50% |
0% |
2 |
|
Web Folders 4 WHS |
0% |
0% |
40% |
20% |
40% |
5 |
|
WHS Customiser |
14% |
14% |
14% |
43% |
14% |
7 |
|
Webguide for Windows Home Server |
4% |
17% |
17% |
35% |
26% |
23 |
|
WHS Event Monitor |
0% |
29% |
29% |
43% |
0% |
7 |
|
Whiist |
0% |
7% |
7% |
41% |
45% |
29 |
|
WHS Disk Management |
0% |
0% |
12% |
45% |
43% |
42 |
|
WHS Mobile |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0 |
|
Xbox Community Feeds |
0% |
33% |
33% |
33% |
0% |
3 |
The next poll update will be published at the end of September - in the meantime, continue checking out those add-ins and let us know what you think of them.
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