Microsoft KB Article 894199 lists what updates are coming from Microsoft in the following weeks for "Patch Tuesday". Of interest to us, is that an Update Release is listed for SBS2011 Essentials, WHS 2011 and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials as being available next Tuesday, December 11th. Doing the maths this will be Update Rollup […]
StableBit DrivePool has had another release. Version 1.2.3.7217 has miscellaneous fixes and progress for background tasks. [D] Key areas of virtual disks can be written to by the OS in order to allow it to update virtual on-disk structures, for example to resolve signature collisions. [D] New pools will be GPT disks (not MBR) in […]
It seems an update to the HP Proliant MicroServer is on the way. Two new versions have been spotted on the web, with the model number of N54L. One version offers a 250GB hard drive whilst the other is diskless. The diskless model ships with 4GB RAM, whilst the second ships with only 2GB RAM […]
The beta build of Drive Bender has had an update. Version 1.4.2.5 RC2 has the following change log: Bug fix: During a pool initialization or pool restore, Drive Bender can hang on Windows 8, Server 2012. Bug fix: On Windows 8 / Server 2012 (can also apply to older O/S’s), Windows can throw recycle bin […]
Microsoft and HP’s joint Coffee Coaching video series have just released four videos highlighting features in Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The first 6 minute video is on Anywhere Access which tells us about Remote Web Access, the Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps and remote domain join: Quickly connect to the server and computers in […]
Alex from Covecube, the company behind StableBit DrivePool has posted a few pointers on his experience with the HP MicroServer N40L not supporting an eSATA port multiplier. With Alex’s tips and workaround you will be able to get a port multiplier working over the eSATA port on the HP MicroServer N40L – A great piece […]
If you are a windows Server 2012 Essentials user then don’t forget that the My Server for Windows Phone app is available from the Windows Phone Marketplace: “My Server for Windows Phone is an application designed to help you keep seamlessly connected to your server resources through Windows smart phones. With My Server, you can […]
A new release candidate has been released of the add-in Drive Bender. Version 1.4.2.0 has the following change log: Bug fix: During a pool repair and rebuild operation, duplicated files with specific attributes may not be discovered during the rebuild scan, and therefore not restored (note these duplicate files remain untouched). Update: The check disk […]
Andreas M has announced that his add-in Advanced Admin Console 2011 is now been made available for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. As announced two weeks ago a new release of the Advanced Admin Console 2011 AddIn is now available. This new release is fully compatible with Windows Server 2012 Essentials and also still supports earlier […]
