Author Archive for Philip Churchill

0

Video: Windows Server 2012 R2: The Essentials Experience

Channel 9 has a series of videos on Windows Server 2012 R2: The Essentials Experience. Available as 7 videos or modules, here’s the details: Join us for this session for an introduction to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and the new Windows Server Essentials Experience role available on the Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows […]

0

The BYOB Podcast Episode 139

Episode 139 of the BYOB podcast is a show on why you should run a domain using WS2012 Essentials: The PCDoc is joined by Drashna to dig deeper into the topic of running a domain at home.  As enthusiasts, we will be faced with the potential of making the choice to either upgrade to Windows […]

0

Video: Drobo vs. QNAP vs. Synology vs. G-Drive and MORE! Which Storage Should You Choose?

Drobo vs. QNAP vs. Synology vs. G-Drive and MORE! Which Storage Should You Choose? is a 15 minute video from GeekBeat.tv which takes us through the various Direct Attached Storage and Network Attached Storage solutions. You can find all the details here.

0

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 250

Episode 250 of the Home Server Show podcast looks at the Thecus N2310, 6TB Drives and the HP Gen 8 Drive Bracket. Here’s the details: It’s episode 250 and it’s full of information for you! John Stutsman joins me to talk about the Thecus N2310 a little bit and we try to figure out what […]

0

Video: More Hard Drives that Last

After BlackBlaze recommending hard rives that last, GeekBeat TV follow it up with a 8 minute video on their take on the article with their own recommendations: You can read their analysis here.

0

Add-In: CloudBerry WHS Backup v3.7

CloudBerry Lab have released version 3.7 of CloudBerry WHS Backup for v1, WHS2011 and WS2012 Essentials. Here is what’s been added to this latest release: NEW Free Restore – From version 3.7 all CloudBerry Backup users can restore their data without buying a license. Even expired trial version allows to run a restore job. NEW […]

0

Paul Thurrott Rethinks his Storage Needs

Paul Thurrott of Supersite for windows has been rethinking his home server storage needs. Paul is thinking of using Amazon Glacier for his "deep archive" data and thinking of using a small NAS device such as a WD My Cloud for his day to day needs. This all adds in to his use of SkyDrive […]

0

The Best HDD and SSD for your Money

In the market for a new hard drive? If so Hardware-Revolution show us the best SSDs and spinning hard drives for your money. The article is in three parts, and starts by showing us the best Solid State drives (SSDs) for your money, next the best hard disk drives (HDDs) for your money and finally […]

0

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 249

Episode 249 of the Home Server Show podcast is asking the question what would you change in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials? An awesome group of guys gather to discuss Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and how it can be used in a home environment.  The show starts off by asking what would we change […]

0

Add-In: Drive Bender v2.0.2.8 Beta

The beta release of Drive Bender has been updated to version 2.0.2.8, with the following change log: Bug fix – Internal tasks may hang under some circumstances. Bug fix – Some Windows services may not restart correctly when adding or restarting a mount point. Bug fix – Non pooled drives not displaying in the interface […]