Microsoft have today announced that Windows Home Server Vail will no longer have the Drive Extender (DE) technology within it which is currently in the Vail beta as well as WHS Version 1. DE was the technology with the reliability and benefits of RAID which provided the following three capabilities: Selectable multi-disk redundancy in the […]
If you are the owner of an Acer easyStore Home Server and have all 4 hard drive bays full then the temperature inside the case could be a little hot. One way of making things a little cooler is to replace the Acer’s case fan with a more efficient model which "Saxamo" from HomeServerLand did, […]
WHSClamAV has been updated to version 0.1.9 to work with the latest ClamWin 0.96.4, which was updated to to prevent some cases where system files were being detected a viruses and then being quarantined. NOTE: If you already have the add-in installed then you are strongly advised to read the upgrading instructions as simply installing […]
Houston, Texas is the place to be on Tuesday, November 30th 2010 for HoustonWinMeet: A Windows Entertainment and Connected Home Meet-up. Sponsored by Microsoft, the meet-up is being organized by Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP Michael “Mikinho” Welter, who is also a Senior Editor for MissingRemote.com. Of particular interest in the schedule is: Backing […]
Episode 113 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is available with the weeks WHS news and views from Dave and the gang, which you can listen to (or download) from here.
The HP Small Business Direct online store is now selling the Data Robotics’ Drobo S. The new Drobo S solution supports USB 3.0, Drobo Sync (their easy to use remote backup software), hard drive capacities up to 32TB, backwards compatibility for USB 2.0 systems along with the Drobo’s BeyondRAID technology. HP call centers already have […]
Our friend Martin Rothschink has been in touch to announce that the second preview edition of Lights-Out for Vail/Aurora users is now available. Version 1.0.9 Build 1375 includes the following changes: New recording of wake-up source The wake-up source is now recorded and displayed, Wake-on-Lan by your network card, pressing the power button and the […]
A new beta version of Lights-Out for Windows Home Server v1 users has been announced. Version 1.0.9 Beta includes the following changes: Backup – The computer tab in 1.0.9 visualizes the scheduled backup time of each client. This includes the schedule of WHS connector as well as any scheduled wake-up/backup by Lights-Out. The icon gives […]
KeepVault have just announced an open beta for the KeepVault Connector for Mac OSX. This will allow Mac users to simplify the process of sync’ing files from their Mac to their Windows Home Server, and has all the features and simplicity as their Windows Connector client. KeepVault Connector for Mac OSX Highlights: Automatically sync file […]
CloudBerry Lab have today announced that they will have a CloudBerry Backup add-in for Windows Home Server "Vail" available shortly. The team are currently working on the add-in, as well as a version for "Aurora" and the good news is that both will be free for existing Windows Home Server customers.
