Archive for April, 2010

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Backing up WHS to CrashPlan Central Online Backup

One of the online backup solutions for Windows Home Server which I have been using for the last several months is CrashPlan Central. Although there are other dedicated offerings for Home Server users, such as KeepVault and CloudBerry Backup, I find that these can work out expensive for my 500GB of data which needs to […]

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Installing TwonkyMedia Server 5.1.2 on the MediaSmart Server

One of our readers Thomas Schindler posted a comment to our "MediaSmart and Twonky Media – Still High CPU Issues" article, with a solution to the problem. The latest update from HP for the Twonky Media Server is version 5.1.1 whilst the version from TwonkyMedia is 5.1.2 which rectifies the high CPU utilization issue. Tom […]

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Communicate your SettingsTab – ConsoleTab for Developers

Add-In developer Andreas M who is mostly known by his Advanced Admin Console Add-In has a Windows Home Server developer tip. The tip explains how to communicate between your SettingsTab and your ConsoleTab which is needed when an end user makes changes to the settings on the settings tab and clicks either OK or Apply. […]

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The Asus TS mini Vital Statistics Reviewed

Register Hardware is a website dedicated to hardware product news and reviews who have a 4 page review of the Asus TS mini Home Server. The units vital statistics are taken a look at as well as its data throughput, which you can read about here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 84

This weeks episode of The Home Server Show podcast has Greg Hayes from Raxco, the company behind PerfectDisk talking about defragmentation and especially about PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server. You can find episode 84 here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]

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HP Data Vault Now With 3 Year Warranty

Our friends at HP have been in contact with some good news. All new and existing HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault customers will now benefit from a three year return-to-base warranty on the unit. This warranty change is global and applies to US, EMEA and the Asia Pacific areas. If you need to ring HP […]

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Add-In: Add-in Central 1.0.2.31 Public Beta

The add-in Add-in Central has been released ahead of time as a public beta. The software (and service attached to it) is designed to help you discover and track useful add-ins right from within the Windows Home Server as well as notifying you when updates to your installed add-ins are available. This is accomplished via […]

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Setting up Remote Access

The How-To Geek have a "Setup Remote Access in Windows Home Server" tutorial. The tutorial takes you through setting up remote access (duh!) and how to access your Home Server remotely by using your web browser. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]

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Backup Solutions – The Options

There are cheap ways to backup (optical media, external hard drive, flash drives) and there are more convenient and flexible methods such as: Online Data Backup A NAS (Network Attached Storage) device or of course there is a Windows Home Server. Want to know more about these solutions? No problem – James Callahan has the […]

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vPOP3 Mail Server for WHS

I had never heard of vPOP3 before being asked to review it, at first glance at the website www.pscs.co.uk it looks like a piece of software that would be a worthwhile edition to any WHS for both domestic and business use. The software unfortunately fails on my first impressions. I downloaded the software direct from […]