0
By Philip Churchill on March 19th, 2010
The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 81
The Home Server Show podcast episode 81 is out with the latest news and views about all things Home Server. Its available here.
Archive for March, 2010
By Philip Churchill on March 18th, 2010
WHS – A Look At
Borg Custom Audio and Video Ltd take a look at Windows home Server. The company that specializes in media room, lighting control and automation tells us about what WHS does and looks at the HP MediaSmart too. I use a Windows Home Server to stream my content to the Apple TV. And to backup all […]
By Philip Churchill on March 18th, 2010
Mozy Online Backup Coming to WHS
Digital Home Thoughts is reporting that online backup provider Mozy is nearing completion of a Windows Home Server add-in. Every few months writer Jason Dunn emails Mozy to ask them to create a version of their software for the Windows Home Server platform. Imagine his surprise when they responded with this email: "Our Research team […]
By Philip Churchill on March 17th, 2010
Virtualizing Home Server On Hyper-V
Thanks to reader Dale Branson who directed us to a post on Virtualizing Windows Home Server On Hyper-V. The post explains how to install and configure Microsoft’s free Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 software and run Windows Home Server on it as a virtual machine. Its a very detailed post which you can read here.
By Philip Churchill on March 17th, 2010
Add-In: WHSClamAV 0.1.6
A new version of the add-in WHSClamAV has been released. Version 0.1.6 of the free open source add-In for Windows Home Server using the ClamAV Anti-Virus package, includes the following changes: The scanner and update processes are now as Windows Services Cleaned up the GUI Added the ability to scan particular shares and provide alerts […]
By Philip Churchill on March 17th, 2010
What Backup Policy Do You Follow?
Tranquil PC are asking the question "What data protection policy should you follow?" Which is a question I am sure you have asked yourself before. Do you either ‘move’ your data files to the duplicated folders on the Windows Home Server, where your data is safe, or do you keep the data files on your […]
By Philip Churchill on March 17th, 2010
EX495 – Data Collection, Video Conversion and More
ubergizmo gives us their take on HPs EX495 MediaSmart Server. Their review goes through setup, the administration interface, the backup and restore process, remote access, data collection and video conversion. And Mac users are catered for with the details on Time Machine support too. You can read their review here.
By Philip Churchill on March 16th, 2010
Home Server With 37 Hard Drives
One user heard that 32 hard drives was the limit for Windows Home Server, so he decided to try 37 drives. The result: But lets be fair here, 37 drives – I actually feel quite sorry for Home Server trying to struggle with that lot! You can read the full story here.
By Philip Churchill on March 16th, 2010
Upgrading An Old HP MediaSmart to the 3.0 Software
If you would like a helping hand in upgrading your EX47x or EX48x to the latest 3.0 software (which you can have delivered on CD/DVD), then website “Using Windows Home Server” has video tutorials for you. As an example the 3 part video takes you through upgrading the EX485 on a Friday night to the […]
By Philip Churchill on March 16th, 2010
WHS Firewall Settings and Ports
I’m sure you may be aware of the 3 ports which Windows Home Server uses and which you need to forward for Remote Access to function. But are you also aware of the ports needed for RDP and FireFly/FirePlay to work correctly? Don’t worry if not, as MediaSmartServer.net has a list of all the […]
