David McCabe is the compiler and host of The Home Server Show and this week he takes a well deserved vacation. Whilst David is away show #14 is a re-broadcast of show #1 with Ian Dixon minus the news and pre-interview chit chat Listen here.
Following on from our Fear the Cowboy’s post on Windows Home Server Drive Extender v RAID, the Windows Home Server Team Blog has a follow up posting explaining the WHS storage system design requirements and why RAID is not a consumer technology and why it’s not in Windows Home Server. Read it here.
Microsoft has added a Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 product support training course for free download (registration required) on their OEM Partner Center. The 1 hour course describes the changes introduced in WHS with PP1. Modules: Overview Installation through Windows Update Manual installation Troubleshooting Fix for data corruption issue Windows Home Server Client Connector […]
A new add-In called WHS Backup Database-Backup (WHSBDBB), allows you to backup the WHS Backup Database which stores all your client PC backups. This is a feature MS promised back at CES 2008 but unfortunately it did not make it to Power Pack 1 PP1. Author Alex Kuretz has basically automated the manual steps defined […]
The technological website ExtremeTech has a how to on building a Home Server. The 3 page guide takes you step by step through a Asus home build, which should take 25 to 30 minutes to complete. As writer Brain Neal states: “We chose Windows Home Server as the operating system for its stability, security, and […]
Microsoft have published an update to the Windows Live Custom Domains terms of service. This is the service which is used when you create a domain name to connect remotely to your Windows Home Server. The update has added a Code of Conduct to the terms of service which can be viewed here and will […]
Today as part of Patch Tuesday Microsoft released Power Pack 1 (PP1) on Windows Update and to coincide with this HP have published some guidance regarding how to best install and configure the HP MediaSmart Server with PP1 and the HP Software Update 1.3, as well as the optional add-ins. If you have Windows Update […]
If you are at Microsoft’s Tech·Ed SEA 2008 event today then be sure to check out the Windows Home Server demo in Conference Hall 2 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia at 6.15PM today. Host Tony Krynen will show you how to connect to digital experiences, provide a familiar, easy and reliable way to […]
The latest version of the add-in Grid Junction is now available for download. The add-in which enables you to manage an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Battery Backup System via the Windows Home Server Console helps protect your Windows Home Server. Public beta 1.2 includes: Improved Graphical User Interface Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 PP1 […]
Over at the Fear The Cowboy website, Garrett Serack explains why Windows Home Server Drive Extender technology is better than RAID5, with his own personal experiences thrown in. Garrett follows this with some great advice for Home Server users. Read it here.
