Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Drive Bender Beats Storage Spaces in Performance

Division-M the company behind Drive Bender give us some ramblings on Windows 8 RTM software RAID in the form of Storage Spaces. “…our testing shows that Drive Bender is still king when it comes to performance.” You can read their ramblings here.

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The Home Server Show 2nd Annual Meetup

The Home Server Show 2nd annual Meetup has been set for October 20th. The event is set to take part in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT). An online option will also be available so make sure to get registered for this free event now. http://hssmeetup2012.eventbrite.com/

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Testing Storage Spaces

The Doc’s World has done some more testing on Server 2012 Storage Spaces and this time using the final RTM version and the results are in. The (PC) Doc tells us about the issues he faced when his Storage Space was not displaying in file manager and gives us a run through on setting up […]

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Domain Configuration Wizard

Microsoft have an online Domain Configuration Wizard guide which will help you prepare your Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials or Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials machine. The guide includes guidance about the options for obtaining the domain and certificate, and about the manual steps you must take before you […]

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StableBit DrivePool Balancing Plug-ins and Scanner Integration

With StableBit releasing new BETAs for both StableBit DrivePool (1.2.0.6864) and StableBit Scanner (2.2.0.2706 – for Windows Home Server 2011), the guys have a blog post which looks at some of the new integration features between both products as well as the 3rd party balancing plug-in support available in DrivePool. Its a comprehensive read which […]

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Add-In: StableBit DrivePool v1.2.0.6864 BETA

The beta build of StableBit DrivePool has been updated for WHS 2011 users and now includes Scanner integration and 3rd party balancer support. Version 1.2.0.6864 BETA of this disk pooling add-in with file duplication can be downloaded from here.

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Add-In: StableBit Scanner for WHS 2011 v2.2.0.2706 BETA

The beta build of StableBit Scanner has been updated for WHS 2011 users and now includes WMI integration features. Version 2.2.0.2706 BETA of this advanced hard disk surface scanner and monitor add-in can be downloaded from here.

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The BYOB Podcast Episode 98

Episode 98 of the BYOB podcast is up: “Mike and Michael are joined by Josh Pollard from Entertainment 2.0 this week to discuss Media Center, HTPCs and where its all going on this weeks BYOB Podcast.” You can find episode 98 here.

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DVBLogic v4.5.1 Adds XBMC Support

The DVBLink suite of products now include official XBMC support. The DVBLink suite of products now include official support for XBMC with the help of the DVBLink XBMC addon. This addon features live and recorded TV, EPG support and timer recording management with the operations optimized for using a remote control. Here’s the change log […]

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Video: Windows Server Storage Spaces

There’s a great 11 minute video on Windows Server Storage Spaces from the launch event is available for watching. This video is a great watch for those of you who are going to be using Windows Server 2012 Essentials and it’s Storage Spaces feature. You can watch it here.