Author Archive for Matthew Glover

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CFI A7879 Mini ITX NAS Case with 4 Hot-Swappable HDD Trays

This looks like an ideal case for anyone looking to build a new or replace a current WHS. The A7879 Mini ITX Server Case is an extreme version of cube style cases, featuring four hot-swappable hard drive bays plus one internal hard drive bay – usually available only from full size enterprise level servers into […]

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TwonkyServer 6.0.1 Available

TwonkyServer 6.0.1 is available from today. “TwonkyServer 6.0 includes a new feature that enable users to aggregate media located on multiple PC’s or other media servers throughout the home into one cohesive view.” One new feature that should please many is the new multi file auto hide, this works by recognizing the same file on […]

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DVBLogic EPG beta version!

DVBLogic have just released a beta version of their new EPG, sounds like an easy install in order to get working. They are including periodic scan so it will bring through all the latest program info direct from stream every 12 hours. They are warning this will only works with DVBLink Server v3.0 or higher! […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Show 101

John and Dave discuss new cloud storage offerings from KeepVault, they also discuss the new LaCie 5Big Backup Server. More information over HomeServerShow.com Written by Matthew Glover

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2TB Internal Samsung F4EG HDD

Samsung Electronics, announced the F4EG, the world’s highest-density, environmentally friendly hard disk drive (HDD) for the desktop market. The Eco-Green F4 features a 2-terabyte capacity – 667GB for each of its three disks – and is capable of storing up to 880 hours of DVD video or 500,000 songs in MP3 format. The internal F4EG […]

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ASUS Business Cloud Storage

ASUS have released a business only cloud storage service, unlike the consumer version, the business service offers three new features: Administrator Control Panel Through this Administrator Control Panel, you can add in new users, delete existing users, monitor the group usage status, examine Administrator operating records, check through bills and make payments. Group Sharing One […]

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Windows Small Business Server 'Aurora'

Simon Bisson over at ZDNet UK has done a preview of the much anticipated Windows Small Business Server “Aurora”.  He goes through the pros and cons while explaining who is going to have a need for buying Aurora. Aurora is based on the Windows Home Server “Vail” concept, anyone who has seen Vail in action […]

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Install Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta on Windows Home Server “Vail”

Last week I went through how to install Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 on Windows Home Server v1, I mentioned that it was able to be installed on Windows Home Server “Vail” and unfortunately How-to Geek have beaten me to reviewing it on Vail. They give you full install instructions and have plenty of screenshots; they […]

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WHS Folding@home 1.0.2

WHS Folding is a Windows Home Server add-in wrapper for the popular Folding@home distributed computing medical research project by Stanford University. Folding@home essentially uses your Windows Home Servers processing power whilst your server is idle and not being used by yourself. Folding@Home is a great way to make your Windows Home Server do useful work […]

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Windows Home Server: where's the backup plan?

Jon Honeyball over at PC Pro is talking about the new file system that Windows Home Server “Vail” will be using. He goes through the pros and cons to a file system that has always been controversial. It is an interesting article where he shares his own experiences with WHS. You can find it here.   […]