Windows writer Paul Thurrott shared some additional information on his blog on why the Drive Extender technology was removed from Windows Home Server Vail: In a briefing last month, I was told that Microsoft and its partners discovered problems with Drive Extender once they began typical server loads (i.e. server applications) on the system. This […]
Episode 114 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up and unsurprisingly this episode is all about Microsoft’s decision to remove Drive Extender (DE) from WHS Vail. Dave and the guys are this week joined by Alex Kuretz, Timothy Daleo and Michael Martis to give their thoughts on this decision. This DE focused episode, which […]
After yesterdays announced from Microsoft regarding dropping Drive Extender from Windows Home Server Vail, the community responded. On that post over 150 comments were left with the majority asking why?, with comments such as “You know it is not April 1st, right?”. Headlines appeared on websites around the web such as this one: "Microsoft sh**s […]
Microsoft have today announced that Windows Home Server Vail will no longer have the Drive Extender (DE) technology within it which is currently in the Vail beta as well as WHS Version 1. DE was the technology with the reliability and benefits of RAID which provided the following three capabilities: Selectable multi-disk redundancy in the […]
Mailbag 23rd November 2010 Have a question or problem? I can’t guarantee an answer, but I’ll try. Click “ask a question” above! Where has Vail Gone? When will it be released? I am getting these questions on a daily basis at the moment, the truth is I don’t truly know what’s happening, things have gone […]
If you are the owner of an Acer easyStore Home Server and have all 4 hard drive bays full then the temperature inside the case could be a little hot. One way of making things a little cooler is to replace the Acer’s case fan with a more efficient model which "Saxamo" from HomeServerLand did, […]
WHSClamAV has been updated to version 0.1.9 to work with the latest ClamWin 0.96.4, which was updated to to prevent some cases where system files were being detected a viruses and then being quarantined. NOTE: If you already have the add-in installed then you are strongly advised to read the upgrading instructions as simply installing […]
Houston, Texas is the place to be on Tuesday, November 30th 2010 for HoustonWinMeet: A Windows Entertainment and Connected Home Meet-up. Sponsored by Microsoft, the meet-up is being organized by Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP Michael “Mikinho” Welter, who is also a Senior Editor for MissingRemote.com. Of particular interest in the schedule is: Backing […]
Episode 113 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is available with the weeks WHS news and views from Dave and the gang, which you can listen to (or download) from here.
The HP Small Business Direct online store is now selling the Data Robotics’ Drobo S. The new Drobo S solution supports USB 3.0, Drobo Sync (their easy to use remote backup software), hard drive capacities up to 32TB, backwards compatibility for USB 2.0 systems along with the Drobo’s BeyondRAID technology. HP call centers already have […]
