The Week in Review – Sunday's Summery

What was going on this week at mswhs.com? Here’s your chance to catch-up if you missed something!

• The French Review the HP MediaSmart Server

  Frenchman Benjamin Gauthey takes us through the setup and installation of his HP MediaSmart Server. I must say along with the details Benjamin has provided some great scrren shots. Original article in French. English version translated via Google Language Tools.

• Video Time
  • Enthusiast site Channel 10 chats with Joel Sider from the Windows Home Server Team about the different hardware and add-ins that are available in this 5 minute video. Windows Home Server CES 2008 Update
• The 4 Myth’s of Windows Home Server
  • Windows IT Pro has an article entitled Coming Home to Windows Home Server, Part 3 which lists the 4 myth’s of Windows Home Server. I could only find the mobile page of this article, so it lacks a few graphics.UPDATE: With thanks to Simon Butler here is the more colorful link with reader comments.…
• Todd Headrick from the WHS team Interviewed

  Ian Dixen is back from CES with an interview from Todd Headrick from the Windows Home Server team for his Media Center Show. Todd in his 14 minute interview talks about Power Pack 1 which can be heard in this Podcast approx 25 minutes in. A iTunes and direct download link are available. […]

• Fujitsu Siemens Product Manager talks SCALEO Home Server

  The guys over on at the German home server blog has posted (in English) an interview with the Product Manager for Fujitsu Siemens who discusses details about the SCALEO Home Server and SCALEO Power Management add-in. Read it here.

• InformationWeek Review
  • Business technology site InformationWeek have a comprehensive review of Windows Home Server. The 6 page article discusses the features available within the software and for those of you that don’t want to go the DIY route it discusses what’s available off the rack. Finally third-party software…
• Change your Web Site Image on the WHS Remote Access Site
  • Website Home Server Hacks have a tutorial  on changing your web site image on the Windows Home Server remote access site. Read it here.
• The Best Network Storage for Home and Small Business
  • PC Magazine looks at the best network storage for home and small business. Included in the roundup is the HP MediaSmart Server EX470, the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini–Home Edition, the Iomega StorCenter Pro 150d (3 terabyte) and finally the NetApp StoreVault S300.We wont spoil it for you but one of…
• Home Server from Apple – Time Capsule
  • Macworld Expo is under way in San Francisco and CEO Steve Jobs has announced Apple’s new offering which will be available from this February (2008). Time Capsule will automatically back up every Mac in the home with its large server grade hard drive and a built in Airport Express base station…
• Windows Home Server Team Blog in 2nd Position
  • Musings, Ramblings, and the Occasional Useful Information is what The Sean Blog is all about and they currently have a list of the top 25 blogs on TechNet and MSDN. And currently at the number 2 position is the Windows Home Server Team Blog. Yahoo, open the champagne….is there a doctor in the…
• Add-In: Windows Home Server Disk Management
  • Windows Home Server Disk Management is a new add-in which is an extension of the server storage interface, making it easier to identify the hard drives via a visual display. Seeing which drive is the system drive and the amount of data being used on each drive has now become easier. Features…
• HP’s Opinion on the WHS Issue
  • HP emailed me yesterday with details about the Windows Home Server data corruption issue. Here’s what they had to say:On December  21st, Microsoft announced that in some situations, customers could experience data corruption/loss when using Windows Home Server. While this issue occurs only during…
• How to turn on duplication of the backups database
  • Blogger Scott Hanselman has the details on how to turn on duplication of the backups database, which is disabled by default on Windows Home Server.Scott says that there could be a performance hit once it is enabled via a registry key and reminds us that it is totally unsupported but as he states…
• MSDN and Windows Home Server a no-go
  • As you may be aware, discussions were underway between the the Product Group and the Subscriptions Teams regarding making Windows Home Server available to MSDN subscribers and at the time it looked promising. But unfortunately the bad news is that it will not be available as a MSDN Subscriber…
• Data Corruption Issue Knowledge Base Article Updated
  • The Knowledge Base article from Microsoft documenting the data corruption issue has been updated. Updated on January 11th and now at revision 3.0 the latest info published is that the WHS team have now reproduced the issue which is extremely good news as now it will be easier for a fix to be worked…

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