The Media Center Show podcast has fellow MVP Andrew Edney chatting about Windows Home Server, code named “Vail”. Andrew chats to host Ian Dixon about what’s new in Windows Home Server v2, which you can find here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
HotHardware.com review the Asus TS mini Home Server. With specs, benchmarks and more, the Asus gets a "Recommended" award in this 5 page review. You can read it here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
The Acer easyStore H340 is taken a look at by reghardware who say its for the heavyweight home user, and they give it an impressive 75% rating. So if you need a NAS solution which is built to withstand a tactical nuclear strike, holds four disks, has six expansion ports and interacts well with most […]
A new version of the add-in Advanced Admin Console is available for download. Version 0.5.2 fixes: A bug which caused a console crash when AAC tried to load a corrupt custom link file (see this forum thread). Also the installer has been improved. It’s no longer possible to install AAC over an existing installation, you […]
The defragmentation program for Windows Home Server, PerfectDisk have posted on their blog that the new Drive Extender technology in Vail has meant some big changes in the area of file management. We have been briefed by Microsoft and have details on changes being made with Drive Extender. We are unable to give specifics on […]
Kentdome Technologies have released an add-in which enables you to integrate the Task Scheduler into the Windows Home Server Console to administrate and monitor scheduled tasks. Entitled WHS Trigger it allows you to schedule daily, weekly or monthly tasks at certain times (inc. system startup) and notifies you of these running or failed tasks. Features: […]
Hardware analysis and news site AnandTech have written a dissection guide on Drive Extender v2. With Drive Extender (DE) now being implemented below the file system. they look at what’s new in this new version of DE and what’s good and bad with the Drive Extender technology in Vail. And to help you understand better […]
Mark Vayman who is a lead program manager on the Home and Small Business Server team has posted details on what is new and improved in Drive Extender for Vail. Mark highlights the features which have changed since Drive Extender v1, including: The Good: Drives which are bigger than 2TB can be added to a […]
The Home Server Show podcast have a special edition available due to the public beta release of Vail. Bonus Show 87 has Jonas Svensson, Microsoft’s Home and Small Business Server Community Program Manager chatting to host Dave McCabe about Vail’s new features, which you can find here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
Since yesterdays announcement on the public availability of VAIL there has been many posts available across the internet. We wont mention them all, but here are the ones which we think are worthy of a mention: To install Vail from a USB flash drive – Check out the tutorials here and here. To install Vail […]
