Due to the widespread, long-term flooding in Thailand a 1TB Seagate Barracuda is now $149 compared to the $55 it was a month or two ago, nearly tripling in price in only a few weeks. Likewise a 2TB Samsung hard drive is now £180 in the UK compared to the £50 it was a few […]
iBrick from InteliSAN is a range of customized Home Servers which come with the LDisk add-in preinstalled. They currently have 2 models available. The iBrick IB100 which you will recognize as the LaCie 5big Backup Server and the iBrick IB200 which uses the HP MicroServer chassis: The IB100 runs WHS v1 and comes in a […]
LDisk Windows Home Server is a new add-in for both v1 and WHS 2011 users which adds iSCSI Target Storage capability to your Windows Home Server machine. By using LDisk, you can create a single appliance to provide all your storage and backup needs. iSCSI Target Storage for Windows Home Server IP SAN (Storage Area […]
Western Digital have announced the WD Sentinel DX4000 Small Office Storage Server which comes equipped with Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. This great looking server comes in either 4TB or 8TB configurations and can be further expanded thanks to its 2 x USB 3.0 ports. Powered by an Intel Atom 1.8 GHz dual core […]
KeepVault for Windows Home Server (both v1 and WHS 2011) and SBS 2011 Essentials has had an update: Cross Device Access & Restore Access and restore the files from any of your protected computers using the ‘Selective Download’ feature in the KeepVault software interface. Previously reserved for KeepVault Pro users only, this feature makes it […]
Drive Bender for WHS 2011 has been updated to version 1.2.1.6 This Drive Extender type add-in for users of Windows Home Server 2011, Windows SBS Essentials 2011and Storage Server 2008 R2 includes the following changes: Bug fix: During the duplication process (i.e. enabling duplication on a folder) could cause a file to have its read […]
The Tenniswood Blog has a great article comparing the performance of the new HP ProLiant MicroServer with the older model; the 1.3GHZ (N36L) vs the 1.5GHZ (N40L) models. Now the older 1.3 model had 4GB of RAM in it and the newer 1.5GHZ model only had 2GB of RAM in it, and the newer model […]
If you use CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server then why not use Server Side Encryption (SSE). Amazon S3 recently introduced SSE so you can now encrypt data on upload whilst decryption happens automatically when the data is retrieved. To enable this feature in CloudBerry Backup go to the Compression and Encryption step of the […]
Since July this year Tranquil PC has been preparing the next generation Windows Home server appliance. Known as the "Riley" series of servers, they will include the following features: Processor units powered by Intel dual core Atom, or i3/i5 processors Processor units include two 2.5” HDD bays to provide server OS drive and server backup […]
Episode 65 of the BYOB podcast is up and if you were not aware BYOB stands for Build Your Own Box and is great listening for those of you wanting to build your own Windows Home Server. And for this weeks episode: RAID5 expansion, server Anti-Virus, printing tips, Gigabyte’s 3d UEFI interface and LAN optimizer. […]
