WeGotServed’s series of articles on Building a Windows 8 Home Server continues with their latest instalment: Storage and Storage Spaces. Their comprehensive 7 page article looks at what Storage Spaces offers over Drive extender and then goes on to tell us how to setup and configure a Storage Pool and a Storage Space. A comprehensive […]
newegg Business are offering the HP ProLiant ML110 G7 Tower Server System bundled with Windows Home Server 2011 for just $399.99 The HP ProLiant ML110 G7 is powered by an Intel Core i3 2120 CPU running at 3.3GHz (2Cores/4Threads), has 2GB of memory and comes with a LFF SATA 250GB HDD. The combined total for […]
The Windows Server Blog today announced that Windows Server 2012 has been released to manufacturing (also known as RTM). The post also stated that Windows Server 2012 will be generally available for evaluation and purchase by all customers around the world on September 4th Going by previous experience this would mean that Windows Server 2012 […]
Newegg have a 2TB Seagate Barracuda for just $99.99 The 2TB Seagate Barracuda (ST2000DM001) is a 7200 RPM 3.5” internal hard drive with 64MB Cache and is SATA 6.0Gb/s to maximize data transfer rates. The drive was originally $119.99 and is currently listed for $109.99 but by using coupon code EMCNCGJ37 an additional $10 is […]
Technology journalist Simon Bisson gives us his opinion on the beta preview of Windows Server 2012 Essentials: “Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials was disappointing, but there’s a lot to like in its successor, which provides a small file-and-print server with integrated systems management and backup tools that’s ideal for a small business or a […]
SmallNetBuilder is back testing the WD Red NAS hard drives but this time against some Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drives. A shorter test this time but in conclusion the writer added: “I suspect that the real advantage of the Reds will come from improved reliability, mainly from tweaks made in drive error recovery firmware aimed at […]
Website "The Doc’s World" have updated their post on iHomeServer. iHomeServer for iTunes allows you to install and run iTunes on Windows Home Server allowing you to manage iTunes without having to physically access your computer. The Doc’s World explains why you would use iHomeServer: Multi-computer households as it will allow almost anyone on the […]
If you are thinking of installing an SSD into a HP N40L MicroServer when we have a post for you. Joe Miner takes us through his experience of installing a 60GB SSD into his ProLiant MicroServer hosting WHS 2011. A great read which is full of tips and performance data which you can find here.
Its time for another episode of the BYOB podcast and in this weeks edition: Special guests, Steve Dail (aka TimeKills) and Renny Phipps (aka Renny) join me for some tech talk. We talk about their setups, hardware, networks as well as their thoughts on Windows 8 and Server 2012 Essentials. We discuss Steve’s new MSI […]
My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has been updated to version 2.11 (build 2). Here is the change log for both 2.11 and 2.11 (Build 2): My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 2.11 (Build 2) Fix: Some databases could have been updated incorrect. My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 2.11 Added: Better […]
