Beta 2 of AutoExit 2011 for WHS 2011 is available for download. This version mostly fixes issues that were present in Beta-1 and it had been made fully compatible with the release version of WHS 2011 like the client installer that was a separate installer which has now been integrated. A new feature in this […]
The guys behind StableBit DrivePool have a couple of great articles about their Drive Extender replacement add-in. Their first article looks at pool consistency, and states: Managing a pool of disks that hold all of your data raises some interesting questions regarding pool consistency. Namely, what happens if one of the disks go missing? What […]
The SMB MVP Community Roadshow Sponsored by HP and Microsoft starts tomorrow and hosted by Paul Arthur and Kevin Royalty. Although the products discussed at these events include SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials we wanted to bring this to your attention since these two products are very similar (in certain […]
Mailbag 31st May 2011 Have a question or problem? I can’t guarantee an answer, but I’ll try. Click “ask a question” above! Aron Asks: Well, so far, so good with my experience with WHSv1… but I’m having some serious add-in withdrawal! Mainly Jones-ing for Web Folders 4 WHS. What an excellent add-in that was. I can’t […]
Episode 45 of the BYOB podcast is available and this weeks show has details about the 2TB limit in Windows Home Server 2011 and the guys chat about different backup strategies. You can find episode 45 here.
The other day we informed you that WHS2011 was now appearing at some smaller online retailers, but now the big guys have it too. Amazon.com are now shipping it and although they are showing a list price of $149.99, they are selling it for $124.50. Newegg on the other hand have it available for $119.99. […]
My Movies the media management add-in for Windows Home Server users has had an update. For v1 users of Windows Home Server you have the choice of version 1.6.1.6 or version 2.00 Pre Release 1. For 1.6.1.6 the change log is as follows: Added: Option in advanced configuration to reboot server once AnyDVD is updated. […]
Tom Tziegmann has a good tip for those of you performing an unattended install of Windows Home Server 2011. If you try to use the unattended install cfg.ini file again, the install will fail since the install process places some additional code into this file. Removing this code will enable the install process to continue. […]
We informed you last week of Windows Home Server going on sale in Japan as well as many other countries, and from this event in Japan came some interesting news. As we can see from the following pic, I-O DATA have a Windows Home Server 2011 NAS coming soon: This unit will be equipped with […]
Wow…These guys are quick at fixing things and its the 3rd update this week. StableBit DrivePool is now at build 1675, and includes the following minor changes: Removing a folder with read-only files would error out with an access denied. Fixed open context enumeration error (affects new remove drive code). Do not notify about un-duplicated […]
