A great post on a HP MicroServer N40L build and Bios Modification. John V. Stutsman goes through his HP MicroServer N40L Build and bios setup which includes flashing a custom bios, installing an SSD and installing Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. Even if you are going to install Windows Home Server on the HP MicroServer […]
The Drive Extender type add-in from StableBit has had an update. StableBit DrivePool build 5933 includes the following small fix: [D] Alt. stream memory leak plugged. [D] = Driver was modified (reboot required after update) More information on StableBit DrivePool can be found here.
if you are using Windows Home Server with Windows 8 then you might encounter the following 2 issues: The Windows Live ID credential used in Windows 8 is not recognized by Home Server The Home Server Client Connector setup may not install the OEM client software .This is caused because the Client Connector setup […]
The PC Doc continues his testing of Storage Spaces in Windows 8 by comparing a two drive and three drive Mirror with a Stripe/JBOD …the mirror seems to be great way to go. It performs pretty well, it is scalable, and of course it provides hardware resiliency (duplication). More details can be found on Mike’s […]
Paul Thurrott from the Supersite For Windows says replace Windows Home Server with Windows 8. Paul looks at the similarities between Windows 8 and Windows Home Server in various areas including data redundancy and a single pool of storage, PC backup and restore, server health monitoring, remote access and media sharing. While Windows Home […]
Following on from part 1, NCIX Tech Tips have posted part 2 of their video "Ultimate Windows Home Server Guide". This 2nd part from the US/CA shopping site shows off the software features of WHS: “I’ve always loved Windows Home Server, and in this episode I show you guys why!”
Western Digital are a brand well known to consumers, whether it is for the My Book storage range, WD TV media players or plain old internal hard disks, pretty much everybody has heard of or used a WD device. Now Western Digital have released the DX4000 small office storage server, which promises enterprise class data […]
StableBit DrivePool the Drive Extender type add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 users has had an update. Build 5932 has the following changes: On startup, do a quick check of duplication tag consistency. If inconsistencies are found, fix them and re-check the pool for file duplication consistency. [D] Fixed some issues with alternate streams. Could […]
This weeks edition of The Home Server Show podcast is available, and in this weeks edition: …Isn’t it nice to get a new server and start tinkering with it? John and Jim seem to do it often and we are talking about it. We also have a little on Drobo, Synology, and John has a […]
How to Use Windows 8′s Storage Spaces to Mirror & Combine Drives is a tutorial from the How-To Geek. Creating, using and managing a Storage Space are detailed and as the next version of Windows Home Server will be using Storage Spaces then now is as good a time as any to brush up on […]
