Stck with WHS 2011 or move to Server 2012

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Anyone made the move?
Both have good and bad points, WHS is more user friendly and easy access from any PC with an internet connection. 2012 has drive pooling and works better with W10 but a fair bit harder to access when out and about.
 
WHS2011 is fine for the little I need from it. I've got it, it was cheap and I don't need drive pooling as the drives are on a Highpoint RAID controller. It'll probably do me until MS drop support for it in 2020 then I'll look at FreeNAS or whatever is favourite at the time.
 
Why not hold off for Windows Server 2016, which should be out early next year?
TBH I think it's overkill for home use. What features would you be using?
 
I have WHS 2011 just now and it's fine but W10 no likey so I thought it might be time to move on. It's mainly for backup and the access away from home has been used now and again but not a biggie.

I've seen 2016 but think it's deffo an overkill for me, in fact 2012 essentials is possibly an overkill

@Snapsh0t do you have W10 pc's using WHS 2011?
 
What does 'W10 no likey' mean?
What's the actual issue?

Server 2012 / Server 2012 r2 pre-date Windows 10, so I'm not sure without more information whether this upgrade would solve your problem.

My recommendation would be running something like FreeNAS anyway. And the money you save on licensing, you could spend on some hardware for a pfSense firewall and use that for enabling remote access.
 
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WHS 2011 sees the laptop and can download the connecter but will not backup.
 
Some people seem to have it working.
Have you tried reinstalling the connector?
Ensuring it's running with admin creds?
 
Yep,
Connector installs fine, I get all the alerts, can see other PC's it just won't backup. Server 2012, installed the connector and everything works perfectly
 
Someone said it might not backup to WHS 2011 due to the mSata?
 
admirable said:
I have WHS 2011 just now and it's fine but W10 no likey so I thought it might be time to move on. It's mainly for backup and the access away from home has been used now and again but not a biggie.

I've seen 2016 but think it's deffo an overkill for me, in fact 2012 essentials is possibly an overkill

@Snapsh0t do you have W10 pc's using WHS 2011?
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Just one so far and only as a file server but that was just a matter of entering my normal workgroup ID.
 
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