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I don't have this option in v5843. This screen shot say v5842
Is the fee going to be appropriate relative to a $45-47 retail for WHS2011?
IMHO the reason for this is simple: there has been low user uptake and manufacturer adoption of the product as a direct result of the demise of DE (drive extender). MS want to keep the product line and associated community/ecosystem (add-in development etc) alive in the interim before the equivalent Windows 8 Storage Spaces based home server product comes out, which as a complete guess will probably be no earlier than about end 2013. DE was the killer feature of WHS v1 and almost no-one will upgrade to 2011 without a suitable replacement for DE.
So, pricing wise I would pay in the same price range as WHS 2011 itself assuming that the known significant issues get fixed (client backups seems to be the main one).
However, I'd really like to see some kind of bundle deal with Scanner, which is also an awesome product. It would be even better if those of us who have already bought Scanner could just pay the difference on the bundle deal :-)
I am rooting for him to succeed and I cannot wait to deploy his released results.
Based on the time/work invested, I'm sure that Drivepool is worth significantly more than WHS to Alex.
Based on the relative number of lines of code in Drivepool compared to WHS2011, it's not worth 5 bucks.
But if pricing is based on demand and it's overpriced, Drivepool will die a slow and painful death.
And if it's underpriced, it should start a firestorm under WHS2011.
I'm in for $20, going to do a complete refresh this weekend, maybe I can finally replace my HP MSS.
Just wow, thank you Alex!
$20.. That is ludicrously cheap. WHS2011 is now a useable product with DrivePool installed . Shame there is no donate button anywhere. I could buy two licences even though i only need one. But the donate button would allow people to show gratitude for all the hard work that has been done. That way Alex would hopefully know that we all really appreciate all the effort put in.
Congratulations Alex, great product. Oh and also thanks to everyone, especially Shane for all the advice and help given in the forums.
I did have some issues getting Scanner to avtivate as I had used the beta before and it was "your license cannot be activated". This was the fix for me from Alex below.
If you're not, then you can:
http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_Scanner_License_Reset
C:\ProgramData\StableBit Scanner\Service\Store
Then restart the server (or the StableBit Scanner service)
This will reset everything to the defaults.