The IT Pro Connection blog on TechNet has an interesting article on thin provisioning in Storage Spaces. The article explains what thin provisioning is and how to configure it in Storage Spaces. A nice read which also includes a 13 minute video which you can find here.
The Home Server Show blog has a great post on Storage Spaces Performance in Windows Server 2012 Essentials on a HP N40L ProLiant MicroServer: While I was expecting poorer write speeds with Parity drives (based on past testing) I was surprised by the relative poor write speeds for 2-way and 3-way Mirror drives with ReFS. […]
If you are thinking of using Windows 8 as a Home Server then the guys behind the add-in Lights-Out have a preview of Lights-Out for Windows 8 "Home Server" available to beta testers. Lights-Out for Windows 8 "Home Server" (but will also run on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 and later) will be available […]
Drive Bender for WHS2011, SBS Essentials 2011 and WS2012 Essentials has had an update. Version 1.4.6.0 has the following changes: Update: Added detail debug logging on license check. Update: Drive removal changed so that a number of checks are made when the client indicates the process has finish. Update: Updated help file. Update: Some interface […]
If you want to install Windows Server 2012 Essentials on a server without a display and keyboard then you need to use autounattend.xml. The autounattend.xml will have your locale, server name, password, product key etc pre set so the install will continue unattended. If this is something which interests you, then you can find a […]
Windows Server News asks where do you go from here if you are looking to upgrade from Windows Home Server? For the answer they give us three options: Stick With Windows Home Server Use the Windows 8, probably Enterprise Edition Upgrade to Windows Server 2012 Essentials For the low down on all 3 options head […]
The Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog have an article on Managing File History in Windows Server 2012 Essentials: One of the key values Windows Server 2012 Essentials offers is network-based computer backup. With client computer backup (a centralized, image-based backup), in the event of data loss, you can restore individual files or […]
ServerWatch gives us a hands-on look at Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Their short introduction to Microsoft’s latest offering goes through the installation process and the management options available within WS 2012 Essentials. You can read it here.
TechSpot reviews the WD Black 4TB Hard Drive and at $350 its cheaper than a pair of WD Black 2TB drives and much more affordable than the previously released enterprise WD RE 4TB drive. But how does it perform? You can find out in this 7 page review from TechSpot.
When you try to connect to Office 365 from the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard, the connection may fail or timeout. This happens when the SYSTEM account is not able to establish an internet connection to the Office 365 site, but there is a workaround: Download PsTools from http://download.sysinternals.com/files/PSTools.zip and extract it into a folder. […]
