The T7-HSAi from Tranquil PC now has a big brother, the T7-HSG comprising Gigabit Lan and 2x Atom CPUs on the one chip. The Atom 330 will show itself as 4x CPU graphs in Windows task manager. The T7-HSG is available with either 500GB (£351), 1TB (£451) 2x 250GB (£427) or 2x 320GB (£467) hard […]
Reader Mike Johnson kindly sent us his Windows Home Server parts list with some pics. Mike’s rig now has 3TB of storage, totaling 2.73 TB of formatted space which he has built into a COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 case. Mike’s Part List Completed WHS Build with Pics Home server Expansion
WHS Outlook is now available for public release with the Beta 2 version 1.0.2.26 now available for download. The add-in integrates Microsoft Outlook with the Windows Home Server Console which allows the following benefits: Allows a single installation of Microsoft Outlook to be shared by up to 10 different client PC’s via the WHS Console. […]
How about installing an FTP server on Windows Home Server? It has it’s advantages because the web interface limits how many people can upload and download files, where FTP doesn’t have this disadvantage and it also allows synchronization of files between off site computers and WHS as well. Joe DiFiglia, the guy who taught us […]
UK magazine and online Personal Computer World has a hands on on how to create your own Windows Home Server. The 3 page article discusses getting hold of the software to installing the drivers and looking at the drive extender technology behind our favorite Home Server. Read it here.
Legal website Law.com has a write up on why and how one legal technology consultancy installed Windows Home Server. Capable network servers, equipped with Microsoft’s proven Windows Server 2003 or new 2008 Small Business Edition can be purchased for as little as $2,000 for a five-person practice. But even $2,000 for a basic server system […]
Over at TechRepublic, Steven Warren has written how to use Windows Home Server if you can’t afford the hardware by running it in the virtualization software VMWare Workstation. Steven takes you through the configuration and installation with lots of screen shots to help you on your way. Read it here.
Steven Leonard, Senior Product Manager for Windows Home Server chats with hosts John Iasiuolo and Sharon Fry on the radio talk show Java with John. The core functionality of Home Server is discussed in this 45 minute show which is from the same people who bring you the radio talk show Computer Outlook, which is […]
If you would like to set up an email server on your Windows Home Server which also gives you the ability to use your Microsoft given WHS hostname as your email address (yourname@xxxx.homeserver.com), then we can lead to to a guide. Joe DiFiglia lists all the steps necessary using the FREE version of the […]
Developer Brendan Grant has written an article highlighting that some users are using Windows Home Server for longer term archiving. e.g.to safeguard the last state of a PC before it is scrapped. Brendan states while this is an option, there are a few areas that should be considered before relying on Windows Home Server for […]
