Episode 59 of the BYOB podcast is available: “This week our guest is Greg Welch (Welchworks). We go over his extensive and impressive home network that include WHS servers, Hyper-V virtual machines, HTPCs, Home Automation and more on this weeks BYOB Podcast.” You can find this weeks episode here.
Using Turkey Club sandwiches as examples, D-Link explain the difference between RAID 0 and RAID 1. If you have a hard job defining these two different RAID systems then this D-Link video is a must see…oh and by the way, I will never look at a Club sandwich in the same light again!
The Windows 8 edition of The Home Server Show podcast is up. The Windows 8 preview is available and it’s an exciting time for Microsoft so we go hands on with it and see how well it plays with Windows Home Server. We discuss the product as well as the newly announced Windows Server 8 […]
After showing the desktop version of Windows 8 at BUILD, on Wednesday Microsoft demonstrated the companion server version of its operating system. With a moto of "It just works", Windows Server 8 it seems will have disk pooling in the product, a feature which was originally in version 1 of Windows Home Server. Aptly named […]
Is Windows Home Server The Most Reliable Backup & File Server? That’s the question website makeuseof asks whilst looking at its cost and the alternatives available. As the article writer states: “I do hope you consider using Windows Home Server to handle your homes file and backup needs, but there will always be free alternatives […]
UK based ViridianPC have announced two new server models to their line up. Here is their press release: The VS-5HA builds on the success of our original VS-4HA, and like that model delivers a low-power solution based on an Intel Atom D525 and features dual Intel network adapters. The improvements are to be found in […]
The closet build, tuning adapters, Touchpad, D-Link Cam View software, and a RAID card upgrade are all in this weeks edition of the BYOB podcast. You can find episode 58 here.
The defragmentation tool PerfectDisk 12 has been updated to build 290. This latest build includes various bug fixes: Thin provision drives were not being detected properly in vCenter (Virtual guest versions of PerfectDisk). This has been fixed. The method used to detect solid state drives (SSD) has been changed to more accurately determine if a […]
Episode 151 of The Home Server Show podcast is up with the weeks Home Server news plus debate from Dave and the guys. You can listen to show 151 here.
Paul Thurrott takes a look at SBS 2011 Essentials. Paul takes us through the features of Small Business Server 2011 Essentials in his article, including: Automatic, centralized PC backup Automatic server backup Network health monitoring Content storage and sharing Remote access Full Active Directory functionality Extensibility through add-ins Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on […]
