if you are using Windows Home Server with Windows 8 then you might encounter the following 2 issues: The Windows Live ID credential used in Windows 8 is not recognized by Home Server The Home Server Client Connector setup may not install the OEM client software .This is caused because the Client Connector setup [...]
The PC Doc continues his testing of Storage Spaces in Windows 8 by comparing a two drive and three drive Mirror with a Stripe/JBOD …the mirror seems to be great way to go. It performs pretty well, it is scalable, and of course it provides hardware resiliency (duplication). More details can be found on Mike’s [...]
Paul Thurrott from the Supersite For Windows says replace Windows Home Server with Windows 8. Paul looks at the similarities between Windows 8 and Windows Home Server in various areas including data redundancy and a single pool of storage, PC backup and restore, server health monitoring, remote access and media sharing. While Windows Home [...]
Following on from part 1, NCIX Tech Tips have posted part 2 of their video "Ultimate Windows Home Server Guide". This 2nd part from the US/CA shopping site shows off the software features of WHS: “I’ve always loved Windows Home Server, and in this episode I show you guys why!”
StableBit DrivePool the Drive Extender type add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 users has had an update. Build 5932 has the following changes: On startup, do a quick check of duplication tag consistency. If inconsistencies are found, fix them and re-check the pool for file duplication consistency. [D] Fixed some issues with alternate streams. Could [...]
This weeks edition of The Home Server Show podcast is available, and in this weeks edition: …Isn’t it nice to get a new server and start tinkering with it? John and Jim seem to do it often and we are talking about it. We also have a little on Drobo, Synology, and John has a [...]
How to Use Windows 8′s Storage Spaces to Mirror & Combine Drives is a tutorial from the How-To Geek. Creating, using and managing a Storage Space are detailed and as the next version of Windows Home Server will be using Storage Spaces then now is as good a time as any to brush up on [...]
The WebDAV for WHS Add-In has been updated to version 1.0.67 The add-in for WHS 2011 users enables WebDAV access to the server folders allowing you to install and configure the IIS WebDAV feature, Choose the alias name for the virtual directory, grant folder permissions and allow HTTPS access only. Change Log: Added: Check whether [...]
PCWorld has an article on how to choose the right server for your small business. The article explains how to choose the right server for your needs and look at the various options available to you. Included in those options is Windows Home Server 2011 as well as NAS, Tower Servers Rack Servers and Blade [...]
If you are using a Mac client with Windows Home Server 2011 you will notice that if you later try to uninstall the Microsoft Launchpad application, that there is no uninstall option. If you come across this situation then Microsoft have published a KB Article explaining how to uninstall the connector software from the computer [...]
