I've been a long time user of the HP MSS ex485. Unfortunately, it finally died. I'm now switching over to a WHS 2011 custom build. Most of the HP add-ons functionality was either integrated into WHS 2011 or not really missed, but I'm finding myself missing the media collector. I thought of just using something like Robocopy, but since I'm a software developer by day, I figured I could come up with something a bit more full-featured.
Here's what I've got planned:
An application installed on the client machine
I'm probably about 90% done with the core functionality of the client application (still have to make the settings tool) and haven't yet started on the add-in. If my work schedule is willing, I hope to have this out by the end of the month.
Here's what I've got planned:
An application installed on the client machine
- This application installs itself as a service in Windows, runs at a user-specified interval and pushes the content to the WHS 2011 shares (Music, Pictures, Video)
- This application will be accompanied by a settings program that will allow the user to tweak their preferences
- This application will be installed to the client computer on a per-user basis and the service will only run when that user is logged in.
- This application will create XML files on the server in the appropriate share (Music, Pictures, Video) to specify what the user has already moved to the server
- This add-in will poll the xml files to display what each user has successfully copied to the server
I'm probably about 90% done with the core functionality of the client application (still have to make the settings tool) and haven't yet started on the add-in. If my work schedule is willing, I hope to have this out by the end of the month.