You have have ever wondered the purpose of the "Do not cover this hole" on hard drives then we have the answer for you. On many hard drives, there’s a stern text warning to “not cover this hole”, sometimes adding that doing so will void the warranty. But what is its purpose? The hole allows […]
ViridianPC have announced their latest products, and the first systems in their second generation of servers. The new models, the PureServ Pro 4HC G2, HomeServ Pro 4HC G2 and OfficeStor Pro 4HC G2 all have new features, and at a considerably lower price. As in the last generation servers, the compact and practical chassis can […]
Episode 203 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up, and for this week’s edition: We are just a few days beyond the 2nd annual Meetup and we just have to talk about it! Even if you didn’t attend this is still a pretty good listen. We are talking gear, demos, and about some good […]
From the 2012 Home Server Show meet up, the guys have posted a 50 minute video where they take a look at Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The video covers the very basics, mostly is a Q&A session from the meet up. It addresses concerns people have about moving from version 1 of Windows Home Server […]
Its back after a short absence, its episode 101 of the BYOB podcast: “Backbeat go, Microsoft gesture mice, Iconia W700, Surface RT, and What windows 8 device are you looking forward to? All on BYOB Episode 101.” You can play or download the podcast from here.
Another article from Paul Thurrott’s Supersite for Windows, and this ones thinking about backup strategies with WS 2012 Essentials. Paul looks at the various backup/replication technologies that exist in WS2012e: Storage Spaces Centralized PC backups Server Backup You can find the article here.
Episode 202 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up, and this week: “Tim Barrett joins us to talk more Essentials, SBS, and what the death of Windows Home Server means to the SBS side of the business. Also, what to do with Essentials when faced with no Exchange server. Cloud or no? Is it […]
It seems more people are experiencing slow performance when using The new feature Storage Spaces which is in Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and WS2012e. One user by the name of David Trounce in a thread on the TechNet forums is stating that the performance issue is being caused by controller configuration and is suggesting […]
Its time for another episode of "The Home Server Show" podcast, and this week its episode 201: “Windows Server 2012 Essentials is back on our minds. We have the SBSDiva here to tell us everything going on in the world of Essentials. Should you run Hyper-V on it? Is it a replacement for Windows Home […]
PC Perspective have a review of the WD RE RAID hard drive. With the 4TB SATA enterprise drive in hand PC Perspective do lots of testing as well as comparing it to the WD Red HDD. A great review which you can find here.
