Integrity Checker the add-in which automatically generates hash-stamps to guarantee the integrity of your data has had an update. Version 1.50 is now publicly available and includes the following changes: Updates for Server 2012 Essentials and "Windows Server Logo" certification Fixed issue where files located within very long paths wouldn’t be scanned Code tuning and […]
Podcast Entertainment 2.0 has Windows Home Server MVP Dave McCabe talking about (you guessed it) Windows Home Server: David brings with him his vast Home Server experience to discuss what the death of Home Server means for its fans, and for the Media Center community. Many Media Center users, including Josh and Richard, also incorporate […]
Another review on Western Digital’s (WD) Red hard drive designed specifically for NAS users and this time its from Serve The Home. We are told about 3D Active Balance Plus, TLER – time limited error recovery and Command Completion. This of course is backed up with some performance numbers too. Western Digital are also claiming […]
StableBit DrivePool the Drive Extender type add-in for WHS 2011 users has been released as a release final (out of beta), and includes the following changes: Final release build. Major new items since last release (1.0.1): – Improved read striping algorithm. – Network I/O prioritization for smoother streaming video. – Fast drive removal (option) for […]
StableBit Scanner the advanced hard disk surface scanner add-in has been updated with a power management fix and installer updates. Here is the full change log for users of WHS 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials: Scanner ported to Vista+ (public BETA in a few weeks). – Columns / window […]
My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has a new pre release version. Version 2.11 PR6 has the following changes: Added: Better messages when attempting to start services without the required amount of points. Change: Event handling functionality now requires 2500 points or integrator license. Change: New handbrake version for video converter. Change: Ability to […]
bit-tech.net has a 5 page listing of open source alternatives to Windows Home Server. Most Features of WHS can be Easily Duplicated – But would you want too? It takes a look at OpenMediaVault and VortexBox for Media Streaming. FreeNAS and Openfiler for file sharing. Nagios for host health monitoring and for centralised backup Areca […]
Episode 190 of The Home Server Show podcast is available and this week the guys are breaking down domain vs. workgroup and Storage Spaces in the new beta of Windows Server 2012 Essentials. “It’s another Windows Home Server post-mortem but there are no tears; only celebration. Well, maybe not that happy but we are looking […]
Tinkertry has another great video on Windows Server 2012 Beta Essentials, this time explaining that it works fine with PCs in the domain or in a workgroup. Domain complexity can be entirely hidden from the average PC user whose system is being backed up with Windows Server 2012 Beta Essentials as is demonstrated in this […]
Martin Rothschink has released a beta build of his add-in Lights-Out with full Windows Server 2012 Essentials Support. Lights-Out is a power management add-in that allows you to place your server into suspended mode or hibernation and resume on user defined events. Lights-Out (non beta) will officially support Windows Server 2012 Essentials with one of […]
