Terry Walsh has a hands on review of the HP MediaSmart Server EX475 over on his web site. This is one of the most comprehensive reviews that I have seen on the EX475 unit and is a definite must read if you are thinking about purchasing one. Terry concludes his review by saying: “Well, I […]
Janssen Jones has posted 5 handy hints over at the WHS forums to speed up data transfer when copying material to your shared folders on the home server. If transferring LARGE amounts of media to the Music, Photos or Videos folder, disable “Media Sharing” for that folder. When Media sharing is turned on, WHS is […]
Scouring the web we have four reviews on Windows Home Server for you. The first is from ZDNet where Adrian Kingsley-Hughes describes Building a Windows Home Server – the easy way! Where Adrian points out the best hardware to use. From CPU and motherboard through Heatsink and fan to Ram, Hard drives and more. Gadget […]
German manufacturer Hush has released it’s HS1 Home Server. With a power consumption of 45 watts the fanless device is available with a storage capacity of 500GB to 2TB. Base price is expensive at €923.53 and includes 1GB DDR2 Memory, 10/100 LAN (Gb LAN upgrade available) and 500GB of storage. The aluminum case […]
Fujitsu Siemens online shop in Germany are offering the SCALEO Home Server 1500 for Pre-order with an expected delivery date of February 2008. Thanks to German language Homeserver Blog for the details.
Tranquil PC have another Windows Home Server system, the T2-WHS-A3. Due to be released December 12th (2007) it has a the similar low power (29W) benefits of the T2-WHS-A2, but is limited to 10/100 LAN, although the GBe option is optional at an additional £12 and one eSATA card providing four ports. Available in satin […]
Eric Maurer has posted details about his first add-in he has created on the WHS forums. It uses Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to get hardware information from the WHS Server machine as standard, and also from the client computers after supplying the usernames and passwords for them. This information displays your processor, memory, IP address, […]
In the past we have posted information about Linux alternatives to Windows home Server including the Ubuntu Home Server Edition Project. Today I have details of another Linux based product that claims to offer all the features of Windows Home Server. Its HipServ from Axentra Corporation based out of Canada. It has recently been released […]
Developer Brendan Grant has another add-in for us. Tab Reorderer enables you to change the order of the tabs which are displayed on the main window in the Windows Home Server console. To install place the downloaded msi file into the \\SERVER\Software\Add-Ins folder and install normally via the console add-ins tab. Once installed the […]
As previously posted the update due on Tuesday November 27th will amongst many other things improve the remote access experience for Windows Home Server users by providing them with a “trusted SSL certificate” for their home servers. That means customers will be able to access their home server from outside the home without any security […]
