HP emailed me yesterday with details about the Windows Home Server data corruption issue. Here’s what they had to say: On December 21st, Microsoft announced that in some situations, customers could experience data corruption/loss when using Windows Home Server. While this issue occurs only during specific simultaneous combinations of activities under specific circumstances, HP and […]
Blogger Scott Hanselman has the details on how to turn on duplication of the backups database, which is disabled by default on Windows Home Server. Scott says that there could be a performance hit once it is enabled via a registry key and reminds us that it is totally unsupported but as he states “it’s […]
As you may be aware, discussions were underway between the the Product Group and the Subscriptions Teams regarding making Windows Home Server available to MSDN subscribers and at the time it looked promising. But unfortunately the bad news is that it will not be available as a MSDN Subscriber Download at this time but then […]
The Knowledge Base article from Microsoft documenting the data corruption issue has been updated. Updated on January 11th and now at revision 3.0 the latest info published is that the WHS team have now reproduced the issue which is extremely good news as now it will be easier for a fix to be worked on, […]
This that time again. The week in review – Sunday’s summery for the week gone by. HP sells 3 months of MediaSmart Servers in the first 3 weeks Over on the eWEEK Microsoft Watch blog, author Joe Wilcox has been chatting to Brian Burch, Hewlett-Packard’s marketing director for the Managed Home Business Personal Systems group […]
Over on the eWEEK Microsoft Watch blog, author Joe Wilcox has been chatting to Brian Burch, Hewlett-Packard’s marketing director for the Managed Home Business Personal Systems group at CES 2008 about the company’s Windows Home Server system the MediaSmart Server. Brian said: “Sales are so brisk, they’re too good. HP sold its planned three months […]
WebGuide for WHS is out as a free add-in that enables you to remotely access, listen, watch and stream your music, photos and videos stored on your home server while away from home. It Integrates with the Windows Home Server remote web site via the homepage link and a single-signon and enables you to access […]
PCMAG.COM have a detailed review on the HP MediaSmart Server EX470. The 4 page review concludes by stating the following: Overall, the MediaSmart sets the current standard for home NAS servers: It’s the new Editors’ Choice in this class. Fast performance on Gigabit Ethernet networks coupled with a nice price and Windows Home Server […]
The OWL-PCCHS is a new Windows Home Server case from Owltech which can take 4 hard drives and a Mini-ITX motherboard. But it looks exactly the same as the ES34069 chassis from Chenbro which we looked at here. Perhaps they are the manufacturer of the case? More info and pics.
I was woefully aware that I needed an anti-virus solution for my Windows Home Server – I’d had it up and running for 3 months and it had zero protection. I’ve been a fan (if you can call it that) of CA’s Anti-Virus for years. However, with the installation of Windows Home Server I began […]
