Archive for June, 2013

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HP Announces the new Gen8 MicroServer

With the popularity of the HP ProLiant MicroServer, HP today announced a new generation of the MicroServer named Gen8. Available in 2 configurations the G1610T model comes with a 2 Core Intel Celeron G1610T processor (2.3 GHz, 2MB, 35W) and 2GB RAM for $449, whilst the $529 G2020T model comes with the beefier 2 core […]

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WS2012e and how it fits as a Modern SMB IT Solution

4SYSOPS have a three part series looking at WS2012 Essentials and how it fits as a modern SMB IT solution. The first part of the series covers installation and transmogrification, (which you can find here.) Part 2 looks at cloud integration with Office 365 and on premises systems. When published part 3 will look at […]

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The BYOB Podcast Episode 124

Episode 124 of the BYOB podcast is up: “This week BYOB joins Jim Collision from the average guy network to talk about using VM’s in the home environment.  Mike talks briefly about his first round with Haswell.  A special thanks to Jim for hosting and recording the show.” You can find it here.

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Video: Personal WHS Project

The Jwolf Tech Broadcast have a 11 minute video on his personal WHS project using some server components with an Intel i3: “As the need for mass storage increases more and more people are looking into NAS units and home servers. Having built my own home server I wanted to give a review of my […]

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Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 Sneak Peek

Paul Thurrott has a review on the next release of WS2012 Essentials. Known as Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 Paul has reviewed the Preview version on his site, Supersite for Windows. Cloud related changes and integrated Office 365 are in this release. As are connecting Windows Phones, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices: “These devices can […]

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Add-In: StableBit Scanner v2.4.0.2922 / 2923

The beta build of StableBit Scanner for WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials and Windows Server 2012 Essentials has been updated. Version 2.4.0.2922 / 2923 has the following change log: Disk temperature will now be reported in either Celsius or Fahrenheit (see Scanner Settings -> Heat). It defaults to your regional […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 226

It’s time for another episode of "The Home Server Show" podcast, and on this week’s episode: “I finally join the Microserver club and we will talk about my new purchase and everything that has leaked about the new Microserver Gen8 server.  One forum member has an exclusive find about the new member to the Microserver […]

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Add-In: Drive Bender v1.9.0.0

Drive Bender for WHS2011, SBS Essentials 2011 and Server 2012 Essentials has been updated to version 1.9.0.0. Here is the change log: Bug fix: Under heavy load a mount point can hang requiring a reboot. Update: Dependencies have been removed from a number of services. Update: Improved service start up times. Update: A number of […]

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool v2.0.0.265 BETA

StableBit DrivePool for WS2012 Essentials users had had an update. Version 2.0.0.265 BETA has the following change log: [D] Added support for:       – FastIoQueryNetworkOpenInfo       – FastIoQueryStandardInfo       – FastIoQueryBasicInfo [D] = Driver was modified (reboot required after update) As always you can find the download link here.

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Personal Online Backup Host (OBH) – Part 1

About the Personal Online Backup Host (OBH) article series This first in a series of six articles will describe Personal Online Backup Host (OBH) which is the latest software product released by electrongoo, llc. As of this writing the software is in final beta and due for release in June 2013. This first article will […]