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By Philip Churchill on May 22nd, 2012

Lights-Out Mobile for Windows Phone Beta Testers Required

Are you using the add-in Lights-Out and have a Windows Phone?

If so would you like to help beta test Lights-Out Mobile?

If yes then send an email to beta [at] homeserversoftware dot com with the following information:

Windows Phone Manufacturer/Model: ___________________
Your Windows Live-ID: _______________________________

Everything else you need to know is sent via email.

Requirements:

A licensed version 1.5.2 of Lights-Out running on WHS v1 or 2011
A Windows Phone 7.5

More details on Lights-Out Mobile for Windows Phone can be found here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 22nd, 2012

Add-In: Server Scripter Concept Version

Server Scripter is a small scripting app for WHS,SBS & WSS – 2011.

It enables you to write small scripts in VB.NET right in from within the dashboard. Currently in a workable concept stage the add-in can be found here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 21st, 2012

Save 50 Euro on AWIECO Ivy Bridge Servers

AWIECO home server solutions are offering a 50 Euro saving on their new Intel Ivy Bridge Server range.

The latest 3rd generation Intel Ivy Bridge processors are more powerful with less power consumption and these Ivy servers will be available in June. If you pre-order one of the following Ivy models in May, you will get 50 Euro off:

HS-Pro running WHS 2011.
BS-Pro with SBS 2011 Essentials
PowerServer which comes with either

Just enter the coupon code: IVY2012 in the shopping cart during check out for the 50 Euro saving.

More information on the available servers are available from here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 21st, 2012

The BYOB Podcast Episode 86

The latest edition of the BYOB podcast is up.

For all the "Build Your Own Box" enthusiasts, episode 86 has the following this week:

Short show this week, but we pack it full of hardware info. PCs on a Stick, AMD Trinity update, nVidia releases the GTX 670 Kepler GPU, Dirt cheap hi-res monitors? Server issues all around, Mike & Mike talk about their hard drive server issues…

You can find episode 86 here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 20th, 2012

Install WHS 2011 onto a Hard Drive smaller than 160GB

John Keller has an interesting guide from last year on how to install WHS 2011 onto a SSD or SATA/IDE hard drive which is smaller than 160GB.

By using the automated method you could then install the OS itself in WHS 2011 on say a 64GB SSD gaining faster speeds. By creating a cfg.ini file, John explains how to get this setup and running which you can find here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 18th, 2012

Add-In: My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 v2.11 PR4

My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has had an update.

Version 2.11 PR4 (Build 2) has the following change:

Fix: The MediaBrowser storage option did not display, and instead showed as a white box on top of another option.

2.11 Pre Release 4 change log:

Added: Meta-data storage for MediaBrowser (Requires 500 points).
Added: Option to specify target directory name for DVD and Blu-ray’s, and by that also specify to separate the two when copying.
Added: Profiles for New iPad and Apple TV 3
Added: MPEG2 converter profile added. MPEG2 conversion is now removed from a target to be part of video converter.
Added: Possibity to use mencoder in converter profiles
Added: The system will now check media info for titles where the information for some reason could not be read at the time the title was added or edited
Change: Rename of Apple TV profiles from MP4 to M4V which should be better handled by iTunes.
Change: Updated SDK for Nimbie, to support latest Nimbie NB21.
Fix: Error when new converter profiles are added without the converter was restarted.
Fix: Dune meta-data for TV Series was not stored with a full meta-data update.
Fix: Unidentified discs were not updated as expected.
Fix: Universal video converter profile did not have correct supported devices comments.
Fix: Converter could loop on specific discs, when they were seen as TV Series but no episodes could be found (Blu-ray problem).

More information on My Movies for Windows Home Server can be found here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 17th, 2012

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 183

Episode 183 of The Home Server Show podcast is up.

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And in this weeks edition its another dose of Home Server news and views from Dave and the guys, plus:

“…we will be talking with Patrick Kennedy from servethehome.com. He goes over all the new options on the Intel Ivy Bridge platform. We also have some cloud news, follow up, and more.”

You can find episode 183 here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 17th, 2012

The 2012 Limited Edition Home Server

The 2012 Limited Edition’ home server from viridian pc is indeed limited as there will only be 5 of them made available to customers worldwide.

Based on a unique chassis, with 7 hot-swap drive bays in a small footprint, this system is the pinnacle of home server design.

No expense has been spared in designing this system. It features an Intel Xeon CPU and ECC memory to deliver true server performance. Windows Home Server is installed on not one, but two premium 120Gb solid state drives which are mirrored for redundancy. Data storage is provided by six 3Tb drives, which when coupled with the RAID capabilities of the system will provide up to 15Tb of protected storage.

2012 Limited Edition Specifications :

CPU : Intel Xeon E3-1260L 2.4GHz Quad-core CPU
Chipset : Intel C206 PCH
Memory : 8Gb DDR3 ECC RAM 1333MHz
Networking : 1 x Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN port, 1 x Intel 82574LM Gigabit LAN port
Storage : 2 x 120Gb solid state drives for Operating System + 6 x 3Tb drives for data storage + 1 eSATA
Graphics : Intel Integrated Graphics
USB : 8 x USB 2 (4 front & 4 Rear), + 2 x USB 3 (2 Rear)
Power supply : 350w 80Plus certified
Physical dimensions 27cm x 20cm x 37cm (H x W x D)
2 year return-to-base warranty as standard.

That is some spec but it does come at a price being £2012 + VAT, but this price does include free shipping to anywhere in the world.

More information is available from here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 17th, 2012

MY Movies for WHS Security Update

If you are a user of My Movies for WHS then due to security changes you need to update.

Due to security changes in communication with their online service My Movies are requesting that you update before June 1st 2012.

Users running My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 are required to upgrade to version 2.10 or later whilst those running My Movies for Windows Home Server V1 are only required to upgrade if their client PC’s are upgraded to a version that requires a later version on their Home Server.

More information is available from here.

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By Philip Churchill on May 16th, 2012