If you are using the free web-based media streamer Subsonic, the the guys at AwsomeGeeks.com has a great guide on how to secure your off-network access to it. By using Tomcat with OpenSSL and having a DynDNS account, their guide explains how to get the free media streamer up and running securely.
There is a great 9 minute video on YouTube of the unboxing and first look at the Asus TS mini Home Server. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcDLdke3nbQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&] Presented by Linus Tech Tips, its a great video which you can find here.
ServeTheHome.com have a great article on who is the best hard drive manufacturer according to the ratings on Newegg. The article looks at 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2TB internal drives and asks questions such as "Are drives larger than 1TB less reliable than 1TB drives?" and are OEM drives better than retail ones. An interesting read […]
A Product Manager for Twonky announced last week 9th June 2010) that starting with TwonkyServer version 6.0 there will no longer be a dedicated Windows Home Server build of the media streaming software. This was because the normal versions of TwonkyServer being much more stable and better performing due to them getting more testing and […]
HomeServerSync from Tranquil PC have released their first PDF newsletter which contains some news from the "dev" team as well as some useful tips re preparing for HomeServerSync. There’s also a brief scenario that typifies the service too. You can download their 3 page PDF News Letter 1 from here (approx 700k), whilst more information […]
Would you like to know how to access your files on your home server from a Ubuntu computer on your network? If so, then the How-To Geek is at your service, as they have a great guide that takes you through the process which you can find here.
AwesomeGeeks.com have a great tutorial on how to control the power usage of your Windows Home Server rig by using the add-in Lights Out. “Lets face it, under most circumstances, you won’t need a home server on for 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. Whether you’ve built your WHS setup from scratch or you’ve re-appropriated a used […]
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 […]
The Home Server Show Podcast is chock full of news this week, where Dave and the guys talk Home Server. You can catch episode 94 here.
Geekazine.com have a side by side comparison of both the Data Vault X510 and X310, both from HP. As well as the article the guys also have a 5 minute video to go along with it, which you can find here.
