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By on September 12th, 2014

Thecus Announce Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials

NAS producer Thecus (and surprisingly not Microsoft) has announced a NAS sporting the unknown until now, Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials. “The Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials software allows small businesses to protect, centralize, organize, and access their data anywhere by using almost any device,” said Peter Han, Vice President of Worldwide OEM […]

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By on September 11th, 2014

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 268

Episode 268 of the Home Server Show is on pfSense vs. Sophos: On this episode we’ll be comparing pfSense to Sophos with a little bit of Untangle mixed in as well.  Which one is the better router?  Ten TB hard drives, yes 10TB! News and Meetup 2014. You can find episode 268 here.

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By on September 10th, 2014

A 10TB Hard Drive

Seagate announced last month its plans to ship a 8TB hard drive on a single 3.5" platter and now Western Digital have announced its 10TB HelioSeal hard drive. WD are the first to ship a hermetically sealed, helium-filled HDD, which reduces internal friction and power use, runs about 5 degrees cooler than today’s 7,200 rpm […]

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By on September 07th, 2014

Add-In: My Movies Home and Essentials Server Solution v5.10 Pre Release 8

Another pre release update for My Movies Home and Essentials Server Solution. This latest version (5.10 Pre Release 8) has the following change log: Fix: Pre Release 7 contained a fix to avoid allowing multi-selection in the add titles dialog. This fixed ended up resulting in a new bug where the dialog would continue to […]

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By on September 04th, 2014

Add-In: My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials v5.10 Pre Release 7

The pre release version of My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials has been updated. Version 5.10 Pre Release 7 has the following change log: Added: Movie Contribution Guide link added to help menu. Change: Moved contribution comment prompt to before the file upload. Change: Contribution encouragement for disc titles is no longer done […]

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By on September 03rd, 2014

Microsoft Re-Releases 3 Security Updates

Microsoft have re-released its 3 security updates that were withdrawn shortly after release in August for WS2012 R2. The downloads are available from Windows Update or from the Download Centre: August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB2975719) August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, […]

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By on September 02nd, 2014

Storage Related Hotfixes Post RTM for WS2012 R2 Essentials

TechNet have available an updated list of storage related Hotfixes post RTM for WS2012 R2, which naturally also includes WS2012 R2 Essentials. Remember that these are not available in Windows Update and that a hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in the relevant article. You should not apply the hotfix […]

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By on September 01st, 2014

Add-In: StableBit Scanner v2.5.0.3048 Beta

The beta build of StableBit Scanner has been updated for WHS2011, WS2012 Essentials and WS2012 R2 Essentials users. Here is the change log for version 2.5.0.3048: Temperature equalization was sometimes considering disks that don’t properly report their temperature. Suspended scans were sometimes incorrectly being restarted immediately after being suspended. Cleaned up core scanning algorithm code. […]

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By on August 29th, 2014

Add-In: My Movies 5.10 Pre Release 5

My Movies 5.10 Pre Release 5 is available for WHS2011 and Windows Server 2012 Essentials users with the following change log: Added: Collection Numbers on TV Series Added: Total movie count in bottom of Collection Management Added: Toolbar button to store meta-data. Added: Icon and text now asks user to contribute movie data if it […]

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By on August 29th, 2014

The Home Server Podcast Episode 267

Episode 267 of the Home Server Show podcast is up and this one is on servers and more… John Zajdler is back to talk servers, Storage Spaces, Drive Extender, MyMovies, and a whole bunch of other Home Storage goodness.  We also put WHS 2011 and Essentials Server 2012 head to head! You can catch episode […]

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