Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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RAID 0 and RAID 1 Explained Using Sandwiches!

Using Turkey Club sandwiches as examples, D-Link explain the difference between RAID 0 and RAID 1. If you have a hard job defining these two different RAID systems then this D-Link video is a must see…oh and by the way, I will never look at a Club sandwich in the same light again!

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 152

The Windows 8 edition of The Home Server Show podcast is up. The Windows 8 preview is available and it’s an exciting time for Microsoft so we go hands on with it and see how well it plays with Windows Home Server.  We discuss the product as well as the newly announced Windows Server 8 […]

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Drive Pooling Returns to Windows Server 8

After showing the desktop version of Windows 8 at BUILD, on Wednesday Microsoft demonstrated the companion server version of its operating system. With a moto of "It just works", Windows Server 8 it seems will have disk pooling in the product, a feature which was originally in version 1 of Windows Home Server. Aptly named […]

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Is Windows Home Server The Most Reliable Backup & File Server?

Is Windows Home Server The Most Reliable Backup & File Server? That’s the question website makeuseof asks whilst looking at its cost and the alternatives available. As the article writer states: “I do hope you consider using Windows Home Server to handle your homes file and backup needs, but there will always be free alternatives […]

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The Home Tab Guide for WHS 2011

Dave Hartsock from DavesComputerTips.com has a guide on how to interact with WHS 2011 from your client computers by using the Dashboard. In his guide Dave takes us through the Windows Home Server 2011 dashboard “Home” tab teaching us how to get updates for other Microsoft products, how to set up server backup and Remote […]

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Add-In: StableBit Scanner 2.0.0.972

StableBit Scanner v2 for Windows Home Server 2011 users has had another update. Here is the change log for version 2.0.0.972: Added drive mount point / drive number to columns in the main disk list. Fixed licensing server address. Deployed the last version pointing to internal test server. Made appropriate changes in the testing setup […]

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Add-In: My Movies for WHS 2011 2.10 PR1

My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has had an update. Version 2.10 PR1 includes the following changes: Added: Video Converter function to convert copied discs to MP4 files for iPad, iPhone, Android, UPnP and similar. Please see limitations: http://kb.mymovies.dk/KnowledgebaseArticle50053.aspx Added: Notifications are now sent out as e-mails if this has been setup in WHS2011. […]

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ViridianPC Announce Two New Servers

UK based ViridianPC have announced two new server models to their line up. Here is their press release: The VS-5HA builds on the success of our original VS-4HA, and like that model delivers a low-power solution based on an Intel Atom D525 and features dual Intel network adapters. The improvements are to be found in […]

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Add-In: StableBit Scanner 2.0.0.968 for WHS 2011

Version 2 of StableBit Scanner for WHS 2011 users has been updated to version 2.0.0.968. Here is the change log: Added SATA 3.0 spec related parameters (6.0 Gbps, etc). Fixed BETA licensing upgrading issue. Fixed disk identification code. (will reset all history, sorry) Fixed disk signature for GPT disks. More information on StableBit Scanner can […]

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DVBLogic for Android, iPad, Boxee and WinPhone

DVBLogic have now released clients for its DVBLink products With clients available for Android, iPad, Boxee and WinPhone,  its a great way to watch your recordings and or live TV on the go or whilst using Boxee. More screenshots are available here.