Drive Bender one of the Drive Extender type add-in’s is officially being released this Friday. Anthony Smith posted the following on the company’s site this morning: Well the day has finally arrived… come this Friday the 14th of October, Drive Bender will be officially released. Thanks to the work of our dedicated user base, the […]
Another update to StableBit Scanner users for Windows Home Server 2011. Version 2.0.0.1168 BETA of the advanced hard disk surface scanner add-in, includes the following changes: Disk usage tree map (still a bit rough). Standby command in drive context menu. Standby timer control. Display idle unload capability. Display power state of drives in a new […]
ServeTheHome have a Entry DIY Storage Server Buyer’s Guide, which may be ideal for those of you also thinking of building your own Windows Home Server. Their guide give a parts list for both a Low-Power mITX solution as well as a Low-cost mATX solution. “Taking user feedback, both configurations are much less expensive than […]
This weeks edition of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast is all about Windows Home Server 2011. For episode 147 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast Josh Pollard had the opportunity to sit down with Microsoft Windows Home Server MVP Dave McCabe, and host of the BYOB podcast, Mike Faucher, to talk about Windows Home Server 2011. Richard […]
StableBit DrivePool has been updated to 1.0.0.4058. This latest release of the DE replacement add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 users, include the following change: Ensure proper permissions on pool part folders. More information on StableBit DrivePool is available from here.
The advanced hard disk surface scanner, StableBit Scanner for Windows Home Server 2011 that monitors all your hard drives has had an update. Version 2.0.0.1051 changes are: Added advanced power management control for supported disk drives. Added USB pass-through for SCT temperatures, for supported enclosures. Fixed historic SCT temperature values. You can download your copy […]
Using Windows Home Server with CrashPlan? No, then you should do as it is presently one of the cheapest and best solutions for backing up Windows Home Server to the cloud. Although CrashPlan does not have a dedicated add-in for Home Server users it is very easy to set up: For v1 users just follow […]
The Kentucky SBS User Group (KYSBSUG) has an open invite for a talk on Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. There has been a lot of talk about Windows Storage Server Essentials 2008 R2 (formerly code named "Breckenridge"). http://blogs.technet.com/b/storageserver/archive/2010/11/08/announcing-windows-storage-server-2008-r2-essentials.aspx Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much in the way of hardware from vendors. Good news though – […]
Online backup solution CrashPlan normally costs $5 per month or $60 per year for the CrashPlan+ Unlimited plan for 1 computer which, you guessed it includes unlimited storage. Paying for 1 year in advance normally brings the price down to $49.99, but for a limited time you can get that deal for just $42. That’s […]
Another week and its episode 155 of The Home Server Show podcast: “The guys are back for episode 155 and it’s chock full of Windows Home Server goodness. We dredge up the old argument of antivirus on Windows Home Server since it’s been a while since we have discussed it. Paul Braren, aka TinkererGuy from […]
