InteliSAN are after beta testers to help test their add-in LDisk in a iSCSI environment. The final version is nearly ready for final release and InteliSAN will select up to 50 customers and provide them with a free license after 30 day trial/test is over. So if you are interested to help test LDisk in […]
The developer behind the add-in Lights-Out is looking for beta testers for their new Mac agent. The new Lights-Out Agent for Mac OS X implements a similar feature set as the Windows based Lights-Out client: Automatic server wake-up via WOL Manual server wake-up via WOL Manual server wake-up via Internet Manual server standby Configuration of […]
Mike Faucher (also known as PC Doc) and the BYOB podcast have a quick walk-through video on Creating a Parity Volume in part 1 of their Storage Spaces in Windows 8.
Episode 79 of the BYOB podcast is up and this week: "…we talk Windows 8 and Server 8. We give a first impression of Server 8 and a deeper dive into Windows 8. Now that we have had a couple of days with it we discuss the good and the bad." You can get this […]
Diskeeper the company behind Diskeeper HomeServer the defragmentation software for Home Server users today announced their new name – Condusiv Technologies. Here’s their press release: Burbank, Calif., March 5, 2012—Diskeeper Corporation will enter spring 2012 as Condusiv Technologies. Today, Monday March 5, the leader in high performance optimization and maintenance software for technology, people and […]
Michael Thomas has written a review on his experience of using CloudBerry Online Backup for Windows Home Server 2011, an online backup solution for Vail users. CloudBerry leverages amazon S3 Storage and Michael takes us through its installation and the different options available to you, which you can read about here.
Before The Home Server Show went on air John and Jim were killing time and decided to tear apart the HP N40L ProLiant MicroServer. So if you haven’t got a HP MicroServer and would like to see its innards, then you can in this 26 minute pre-show video.
Microsoft have issued the following important issues for Windows Server "8" Beta regarding Storage, and in particular Storage Spaces the technology which is similar to what Drive Extender was on version 1 of Windows Home Server: Failover clusters might become unresponsive if you use them with storage pools that contain virtual disks, such as storage […]
Seagate have beaten WD as the number one HDD maker in the last 3 months of 2011, beating Western Digital, which suffered heavy losses in the devastating Thailand floods last year. “The new rankings mean that Seagate in the fourth quarter controlled 38 percent of overall HDD shipments, with Western Digital coming in a distant […]
Now is a good time to grab yourself a copy of Windows Home Server 2011 as it can now be found for as cheap as $44 in the US and £36 in the UK. The English language version with the SQU: CCQ-00128 can be found in the US at CostCentral for $44.32 (plus $8 shipping) […]
