In a bit of a departure from the normal Windows Home Server based hardware review, today I find myself presented with an Acer AC100S server loaded with Microsoft Small Business Server 2001 Essentials (SBS). Back when WHS v1 first shipped, many small businesses immediately saw the benefits that a home server could bring with its [...]
It is always welcome to see a major international PC manufacturer launching new products into the neglected Windows Home Server 2011 marketplace, providing a much needed boost to the beleaguered profile of the WHS platform. The Acer Revo Center RC-111 is the latest home server from the Taiwanese PC giant, and it looks to be [...]
Tranquil PC have been long standing supporters of Windows Home Server, and at a time when there is little support from other PC manufacturers, Tranquil PC are offering a range of four different servers to UK users. On test here is the Leo HS4, which sits at the top of Tranquil PC’s range of Windows [...]
The last quarter of 2010 wasn’t a great time for WHS enthusiasts, with HP dropping the MediaSmart server range and Microsoft removing Drive Extender from Vail combining to dampen the spirits of all but the most diehard WHS fans. HP have thrown us as all a partial home server lifeline in the shape of the [...]
We have seen the HP MediaSmart range develop and expand into the domestic market over the last few years, but this is only the second server in the MediaSmart family to wear the small business orientated StorageWorks brand. The X310’s bigger brother, the StorageWorks X510 is essentially a re-badged business version of the MediaSmart EX495, [...]
There haven’t been that many Windows Home Servers specifically designed for the small business market, so what does the 5big server from LaCie have to offer a home user? Hardware With love it or hate it Cyclops styling, the LaCie 5big server is nothing if not distinctive. Its blue eye (reminiscent of the Dr Who [...]
We have reviewed external drive enclosures before, they are a really good way to increase capacity if you have no space left in your server. But the Icy Dock MB561 is a little different; why? Because it’s not ugly and it’s not finished in shiny gloss black paint, so is it a good enclosure or [...]
The MediaSmart VGA/PS2/Serial debug board from VOV Technology is very useful gadget which allows you to add a screen, or optionally a keyboard and mouse or even a serial device to your HP MediaSmart server to convert it from a headless appliance back to a fully functional PC. In addition to the HP MediaSmart and [...]
I have to confess to being a little puzzled when I was first handed the Tranquil Safe Server Module. From the brief I was given, I had assumed it was some sort of backup device to keep server data safe, used like an external hard disk. But no, after visiting Tranquil PC product page for [...]
ASUS have taken a rather different path for their home server, forgoing the traditional four bay caddy design favored by other manufacturers for a sealed case that can hold two internal disks. So this is only a small capacity server then, aimed at users who don’t want to store a great deal of information? Well [...]
