Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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The BYOB Podcast Episode 66

Episode 66 of the BYOB podcast is up and this week its asking are x79 systems worth it and Paul Braren joins in the discussion and tells us about a few of his builds, his home VPN using Hamachi and using RAID 0 caching for huge performance gains. You can find episode 66 of the […]

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20% Off KeepVault for Windows Home Server

With the release of KeepVault v4.11, the guys are offering 20% off a subscription to this great offsite cloud solution for Home Server users. As an example a 40GB account will cost you just $36 yearly instead of $46, whilst a 130GB would be $111 instead of $139. To get this special 20% off offer […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 161

Episode 161 of the Home Server Show podcast is up with the weeks Home Server news and views from Dave, Jim and John: Wow, it’s a week full of storage news and we try to cover it all.  Dave shares his dislike for certain colors, Jim is still on a mission for the perfect mini […]

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The French qy.Server

Our friends from the French Mon Home Server blog has bought the qy.Server running WHS 2011 to our attention. From French SME Splitted-Desktop System the qY.Server runs from a AMD Sempron 2 GHz and up to 8GB of memory and can take up to 4 hard drives, but only those of 2.5", the same size […]

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The Riley Server Processor and Storage Units

We have more information and pricing for the Riley Server Processor and Storage units plus a pre-order special for our readers with early orders to be shipped before Christmas. The Riley Server with the strap line ‘be seen, not heard’ is very appropriate as both the processor and storage units are completely fan less, and […]

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Hard Drive Shortage to Continue into Late 2012

Due to the widespread, long-term flooding in Thailand a 1TB Seagate Barracuda is now $149 compared to the $55 it was a month or two ago, nearly tripling in price in only a few weeks. Likewise a 2TB Samsung hard drive is now £180 in the UK compared to the £50 it was a few […]

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Ldisk Pre-Installed iBrick Servers

iBrick from InteliSAN is a range of customized Home Servers which come with the LDisk add-in preinstalled. They currently have 2 models available. The iBrick IB100 which you will recognize as the LaCie 5big Backup Server and the iBrick IB200 which uses the HP MicroServer chassis: The IB100 runs WHS v1 and comes in a […]

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Add-In: LDisk Windows Home Server

LDisk Windows Home Server is a new add-in for both v1 and WHS 2011 users which adds iSCSI Target Storage capability to your Windows Home Server machine. By using LDisk, you can create a single appliance to provide all your storage and backup needs. iSCSI Target Storage for Windows Home Server IP SAN (Storage Area […]

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Western Digital Announce a Small Office Storage Server

Western Digital have announced the WD Sentinel DX4000 Small Office Storage Server which comes equipped with Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. This great looking server comes in either 4TB or 8TB configurations and can be further expanded thanks to its 2 x USB 3.0 ports. Powered by an Intel Atom 1.8 GHz dual core […]

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Add-In: KeepVault for WHS 4.11

KeepVault for Windows Home Server (both v1 and WHS 2011) and SBS 2011 Essentials has had an update: Cross Device Access & Restore Access and restore the files from any of your protected computers using the ‘Selective Download’ feature in the KeepVault software interface. Previously reserved for KeepVault Pro users only, this feature makes it […]