With the announcement of both the 5big Office and 5big Office+ from Lacie, the guys have released a video on their Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials plus offering: More details on the Lacie 5big Office+ can be found here.
Lacie today announced the LaCie 5big Office featuring Windows Home Server 2011 and the LaCie 5big Office+ featuring Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. In a press release Lacie say that both units run a 1.6GHz Intel 64-bit Atom processor and come complete with 2GB of RAM. The Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials offering […]
Restoring a Time Machine backup that’s stored on a Windows Home Server isn’t the easiest job top perform as it entails the following: Install a brand spanking new copy of OS X Mount your Time Machine backup Run Migration Assistant. Restore the backup Thankfully to help you through this process is a blog post where […]
Episode 75 of the BYOB Podcast is up. “Corsair Accelerator Series, Jawbone JamBox, How to be security conscious and why all on this weeks BYOB podcast.” Lots of good stuff for the "Build Your Own Box" enthusiast, which you can find here.
Version 2 of iHomeServer has been released. iHomeServer 2 is a native WHS (WHSv1 and WHS 2011) add-in that runs and manages iTunes on your Home Server. New features in this version include: Watch Folder management iTunes track management iTunes playlist management Metadata editing Cover art editing Native 64-bit support All from within the familiar […]
A user by the name of Koitsu is reporting that there is an unacceptable power design on the WD Sentinel DX4000 hardware. In his post Koitsu states that the external 6.3A at 19V power brick is not good enough: “The unit comes with 5400rpm drives — if you were to shove four 7200rpm drives in […]
Alexander Kent the developer behind Grid Junction, an Add-in for managing a UPS via the Windows Home Server Console has announced that the version for WHS 2011 has been cancelled. In a statement released today Alexander said that the project did not gain enough traction to warrant further development: “After careful consideration we have made […]
Snoop-du-dupe version 1.60 has just been released for WHS/SBS 2011 and WHS V1 which contains updates allowing easier management of larger duplicate file sets. The add-in will automatically scan your server storage and display duplicate files in an easy-to-view layout directly within the server’s user Console. New Features: Added search criteria to the Batch Resolve […]
Version 3.0 of Home Server Status has been released for WHS 2011 users. “Home Server Status, is a program that shows the status of your Windows Home Server 2011. It allows at a quick glance to see if your server is connected to the network, if a backup is running, was successful, or unsuccessful on […]
Sean Daniel has a great list to resources for SBS and WHS users. His list comprises links to router setup wikis, server deployment, remote web access, media and workgroup KBs plus a lot more from Microsoft’s Windows HSBS team. You can check out Sean’s listing here.
