Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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HP Gen8 MicroServer Picture Gallery

Neowin.net have posted a portfolio of pics of the HP Gen8 MicroServer. So if you would like to see the new Gen8 up close and personal, then you can browse the pics here.

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool v2.0.0.417 RC

StableBit DrivePool have announced version 2.0.0.417 RC for users of WHS2011, Windows Server 2012 Essentials and Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Here’s the full change log: The UI will no longer lock up if WMI is not responding when querying the Scanner for data. [D] Fixed inconsistent read oplock breaking with read striping enabled over […]

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The Home Tech Podcast Episode 136

Home Tech podcast episode 136 is a meetup 2013 wrap party – what we learned: In this episode we talk about all things #meetup2013 with the host of the conference and a couple guys who were there. It can be heard on HT136.

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Drive Bender v2 Interactive Beta Program

Drive Bender have just released details of their v2 interactive beta program and the beta 1 release date. The "interactive beta program" where a limited number of users will have a dedicated forum and more direct access to the lead developer on the project. Beta 1 is set to be released on the 8nd of […]

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WD Sentinel DX4000 Software Update

WD have released a software update for their Sentinel DX4000 running Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Version 01.05.14.18 has the following changes: Added support for 4TB Enterprise drives (Model # WD4000F9YZ-09N20L0, WD4000F9MZ-76NVPL0) Addressed issue of WD code signing certificate You can download this update from here.

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Drive Bender Adds File "Landing Zone" Feature in v2

After much user demand, Drive Bender has added a file "Landing Zone" feature in v2 of its Drive Extender type add-in: “This is the ability to set a specific drive to be used for all writes to the pool, then at a later time, these files are to be moved from the landing zone drive […]

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The BYOB Podcast Episode 132

Its time for another episode of the BYOB podcast: This week Michael and I talk about a variety of topics from Untangle 10, Server 2012/Essentials R2, Windows 8.1 and IOS 7, along a with a few side tracks down some other topics.  Michael hints about his new network setup.  Some pretty good stuff coming down […]

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Video: HP N40L MicroServer with a Sans Digital Attached

A couple of videos for you courtesy of the Home Server Show. The first is a demonstration on how to add 3TB HDD’s in WHS-2011 with Disk Management on a N40L MicroServer with the Sans Digital attached. During the video a RAID1’s with the 3TB drives in the MicroServer and the Sans Digital is also […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 237

Episode 237 of the Home Server Show this week is a pre-show meetup special: “If you are interested in #meetup2013 this is the episode for you. If you are not interested at all you should probably skip this one. I apologize to those expecting a show this week but Meetup is very important to me […]

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool for WHS2011 v1.3.5.7571 RC

StableBit DrivePool for WHS 2011 has been updated to version 1.3.5.7571 RC This release has the following change log: Only allow installation of add-in on Windows version 6.1. Clicking "Re-index" from any tab will now consistently show you an informative error message if the Windows Search service is disabled. Changed how DrivePool detects server backup […]