Archive for May, 2011

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WHS2011 Ideal for your Doctor and Dentist

InfoWorld say that Windows Home Server 2011 is perfect for the smallest offices including doctors and dentists. After playing with the latest edition of Windows Home Server for the last few weeks, J. Peter Bruzzese released that apart from being ideal as a home solution that it has all that a small business would need […]

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Ask Matt: your questions answered

Mailbag 17th May 2011 Have a question or problem? I can’t guarantee an answer, but I’ll try. Click “ask a question” above! HP Health Indicator Ed Asks: The health indicator light on my server is red. I pressed and released the Status/Recovery button, and the light remained a solid red. Both my computers back up properly […]

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Tranquil PC Choose Drive Bender for DE Replacement

Drive Bender who are producing a Drive Extender replacement for WHS2011 users have partnered with Tranquil PC in the UK: Today Division-M, the developers behind Drive Bender, are pleased to announce their new partnership with UK based Tranquil PC. This partnership will see Drive Bender shipped with their Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Storage […]

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Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials from Tranquil PC

Tranquil PC have a version of their Leo SS4 Server which is powered by Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials was known by the code name Breckenridge and allows 25 computers to be connected compared to 10 with Windows Home Server. Active Directory join is also included. The Leo […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 136

This weeks edition of The Home Server Show podcast has details on Jim’s WHS2011 build, news, features and chat. You can find episode 136 here.

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What’s Happening at Tech-Ed 2011

Lots has been happening at Tech-Ed 2011 this week, Microsoft’s annual conference for developers and IT professionals. WHS 2011 cousin SBS 2011 Essentials became a best of show finalist in the Microsoft Product category: It was also announced that SBS 2011 Essentials would be available on the HP MicroServer in early June for less than […]

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WHS 2011 Pricing Revealed

This weekend sees the DSP version of Windows Home Server 2011 going on sale in Japan for 12,798 yen (approx. $156) and pricing information is starting to appear in other parts of the world too. LambdaTek in the UK are advertising it for £90.38 (approx. $146) whilst its currently being priced between $99 and $128 […]

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool 1.0.0.1635 Beta

The M2 (Milestone 2)  beta build of StableBit DrivePool is now available. The developers state that M2 is mostly a plumbing build and features a lot of new stuff under the hood but not much changes in the UI department. Nevertheless, there are many interesting things to talk about: Long path names Windows path names […]

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Add-In: Drive Bender 1.1.3.3 Beta

Beta 3 of Drive Bender, the Drive Extender replacement, has just been released. This release includes full server folder support including client backups. Here’s the full change list for version 1.1.3.3: Much improved file read performance. Windows based network shared (i.e. shares creating on folders contained within a drive letter mount point) as now restored […]

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Add-In: Snoop-de-dupe 1.20

Snoop-de-dupe the add-in which scans your Home server for duplicate files has had an update. Version 1.20 includes the following additions: Added support for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Added CPU usage throttling Added hard disk write access limiting Added worker thread prioritizing Added support for hard-links (WHS/SBS 2011 only) […]