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.
This weeks edition of The Home Server Show podcast is out: …plenty of talk about Synology and Windows 8 Storage Spaces and talk about a typical “Home” server and it’s role in the household. All this is on episode 170 of The Home Home Server Show.
Website "Title Required" have a post on the Windows 7 Professional Pack Add-in for SBS 2011 Essentials user. Its an old post from August last year (2011), but it goes through the installation and the various settings available including folder redirection, security templates, Windows firewall with advanced security, Windows Defender and Windows Update. Its a […]
If you would like to create an FTP site on WHS 2011 then this is a video for you. The BYOB Podcast guys go through the basic Steps for creating an FTP site on Windows Home Server 2011.
CCLOnline are offering Windows Home Server 2011 for only £36.97 inc VAT with free 1st class delivery. This is a great price, saving £36.25 off of the original price of £73.22! You can find this offer here.
StableBit DrivePool build 5536 is now available for download. This latest build of the Drive Extender type add-in for WHS 2011 users, includes the following changes: [D] Changed driver load order to address disappearing shares on reboot. [D] Fixed timestamp issue in disk driver. Was preventing installation from going through on some systems. Added new […]
