As you are probably aware we are great fans of the DVBLink software from DVBLogic here at MSWHS.com as it is ideal solution for housing your tuner cards in your Windows Home Server as it makes these cards network aware. The guys have just announced that version 4.0.1 of their product suit has just been […]
Podnutz Pro is a podcast for the computer repair technician who deals with business and enterprise customers, and episode 36 is all about SBS 2011 Essentials. Matt Rainey explains to host Lalo Nunez all the great features of this small business server which in some ways is very similar to WHS 2011. You can catch […]
Episode 160 of The Home Server Show podcast is up with the weeks Home Server news and views from Dave, John and Jim: “An add-in for an add-in and another good chat about VM’s, SSD’s, and drive extender add-ins.” You can find episode 160 here.
CloudBerry Backup for WHS (both v1 and WHS 2011) and SBS 2011 Essentials has been updated and now includes the ability to backup data to local storage such as local disks, network shares NAS and SAS devices. This is useful if you like to backup only a subset of your data to the cloud for […]
The add-in Orbital Backup Configuration which allows connected Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) computers to use your WHS for Time Machine backups will only work with Snow Leopard and not Mac OS X Lion. Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) support is unavailable due to a software conflict between the Microsoft Launchpad and Lion Launchpad, […]
A video has just been released which takes you through using the ISO Mounter for Windows Home Server add-in. This add-in allows you to mount ISO files (DVD and CD images) stored on your server so they can be viewed directly through your servers folder share on all of your PC’s and laptops. More […]
The HFX PowerNAS 2011 from Austrian HFX is a fan less Home Server with 4GB of RAM and an Intel i3 or i5 CPU. With space for 5 x 3.5" hard drives the HFX PowerNAS 2011 isn’t cheap, but at $1,599 (1,095 Euro) you are getting a fine piece of hardware. 5x HDD 3,5“ bays […]
Sean Daniel has posted a video on how to obtain a domain name in SBS 2011 Essentials (and Standard): I dive into the nuances of obtaining a domain name for your Remote Web Access website in these two products. The “Essentials” side of the fence also pertains to Windows Home Server (except in the view […]
If you are thinking of converting to WHS 2011 and currently have a HP EX470 or EX475 MediaSmart Server then you may want to read on. Bruce Cowper takes us through his experience of backing up his data, creating both a USB boot key and a answer file and on installing Windows Home Server 2011 […]
Version 1.2.1.5 of Drive Bender for WHS 2011 is here. Here is the full change log: Update: Implemented the "Pool setup wizard". Update: Fully integrated help system. Update: Documentation has been greatly improved. Bug fix: A number issues with add, merge and convert a drive have been fixed. Bug fix: Creating a folder now implements […]
