John Stutsman is back with another video about the HP MicroServer. In this latest video John explains how to flash a new bios: “I cover the steps I took to Upgrade_Flash the BIOS on my HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer. This will work on the N36L, N40L, and N54L G7 MicroServer. I Flashed the HP BIOS […]
If you have a HP MediaSmart EX490 lying around, then have you thought about installing Linux on it, such as Debian or Ubuntu? Phil Kershaw has an article from May 2012 where his notes may help you, if this is an area you would like to explore on a MediaSmart Server. You can find Phil’s […]
More than one server hosting WS2012 Essentials at your location? If so you can create and manage a server folder on a second server within the same network, and allow the end user to access the share with one SMB path form, for example, \\Contoso\Shared Folders\folder1 or \\Contoso\Shared Folders\folder2 etc. If this is of interest […]
Episode 248 of the Home Server Show podcast is about CrashPlan vs. Bitcasa: “We haven’t talked cloud in a while so Jim and I brought in a guest to help us do a heads up between CrashPlan and BitCasa. We will compare each business model, pricing, and overall feel of each service. I think it’s […]
With our report of Blackblaze publishing their data detailing hard drive failure rates. It has come to our attention (courtesy of our friend James Tenniswood), an article detailing the longevity of SSD’s. The article from Hardware Info tested the life span of a Samsung SSD 840 250GB TLC SSD, and after months of testing the […]
Cloud backup provider Blackblaze has shared its hard drive reliability data detailing which make and models of hard drives have the worst failure rates. The best are Hitachi and WD drives with Seagate being the worst. “If the price were right, we would be buying nothing but Hitachi drives. They have been rock solid, and […]
"Data protection in small and midsize businesses" is a guide from Microsoft for small and midsize businesses that are looking for a reliable way to protect business data, the ability to store data in a central location, and a way to provide secure access to their data. This guide focus’s on Windows Server 2012 R2 […]
My Movies Home and Essentials Server has been updated to version 2.14 Build 2 for users of Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Here’s the change log for this release: Change: MKV tools updated Change: The event handler default templates was out of date. Fix: The automatic database backup option was broken […]
The add-in WHS RemoteApp 2011 by the Office Maven has been updated for WHS2011 users: “WHS RemoteApp 2011 makes it possible for administrators to deliver remote applications (referred to as “RemoteApp programs” or simply “RemoteApps“) to their users. Specifically, WHS RemoteApp 2011 enables a straightforward publishing process that allows applications installed directly on the server […]
The Office Maven has upgraded WHS Office 2011: “WHS Office 2011 is a Windows Server Solutions add-in for use with Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. It provides individual user-level access to the Microsoft Office® applications from your server.” Version 1.92.922.922 can be found […]
