Category: News

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 111

Episode 111 of "The Home Server Show" podcast has the weeks Home Server news, including a couple of Builds and add-ins with guests AJ Peck and Michael Ross. You can catch it here.

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A YouTube Home Server Build Video

A cheap Windows Home Server build for $350 in this YouTube video. The build utilizes the Phenom II X2 Black Edition CPU and 2GB of DDR3 RAM, but if you watch the video till the end remember to install the hard drive within the case before installing the CPU cooler!

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Aurora Becomes Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

Microsoft announced today "Aurora" will be released in the first half of 2011 and will be officially known as Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. Marketed as an ideal first server for a small business, SBS 2011 Essentials can be used by up to 25 users and requires no CALs for user access.  The software will […]

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Breckenridge?

It seems like their is another server product in the works according to ZDNet blogger Mary-Jo Foley. Code named Breckenridge, Mary states that it is a derivative of Windows Home Server Vail that is optimized to function as a storage server. Although no specifics are available as yet, Mary Jo Foley’s All About Microsoft blog […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 110

Episode 110 of The Home Server Show podcast is now available with the weeks WHS news and views plus this week a look at hard drives, including Solid State ones. You can catch it here.

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The HP ProLiant MicroServer Video

Microsoft and HP’s The Coffee Coaching channel on YouTube have posted a 6 minute video on the HP ProLiant MicroServer, the affordable AMD Athlon II powered small business server. An ideal home for Vail?

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WHS Presentation Resources

The GreatLakes Geek show interviewed MVP Kevin Royalty at a Windows Home Server presentation he was doing at the Greater Cleveland PC Users Group earlier this month. The 13 minute interview (via 2 videos), is accompanied by Kevin’s slides from the user group meeting. A massive 80 slides on WHS itself and a smaller 35 […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 109

Episode 109 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up with the weeks WHS news. Taken a look at this week is the Western Digital 3.0TB hard drive drive and an interview with up and coming Add-In author Christian Johnson. You can catch it here.

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The Western Digital 3.0TB Hard Drive

Yesterday Western Digital (WD)announced the availability of their new offerings in the Caviar Green line. The $189 2.5TB model and the 3.0TB priced at $239. Both models are SATA 3 Gb/s, come with 64MB of Cache and being of the Green variety only consume 6 watts during read/write operations and less than 1 watt during […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 108

Episode 108 of The Home server Show podcast is up with the weeks Home Server news and a look at what we looked at earlier this week, James Tenniswood’s HP Microserver verses the Acer h340 article. Episode 108 can be found here.