The Acer easyStore H340 is taken a look at by reghardware who say its for the heavyweight home user, and they give it an impressive 75% rating. So if you need a NAS solution which is built to withstand a tactical nuclear strike, holds four disks, has six expansion ports and interacts well with most […]
The defragmentation program for Windows Home Server, PerfectDisk have posted on their blog that the new Drive Extender technology in Vail has meant some big changes in the area of file management. We have been briefed by Microsoft and have details on changes being made with Drive Extender. We are unable to give specifics on […]
Hardware analysis and news site AnandTech have written a dissection guide on Drive Extender v2. With Drive Extender (DE) now being implemented below the file system. they look at what’s new in this new version of DE and what’s good and bad with the Drive Extender technology in Vail. And to help you understand better […]
Mark Vayman who is a lead program manager on the Home and Small Business Server team has posted details on what is new and improved in Drive Extender for Vail. Mark highlights the features which have changed since Drive Extender v1, including: The Good: Drives which are bigger than 2TB can be added to a […]
The Home Server Show podcast have a special edition available due to the public beta release of Vail. Bonus Show 87 has Jonas Svensson, Microsoft’s Home and Small Business Server Community Program Manager chatting to host Dave McCabe about Vail’s new features, which you can find here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
ITS HERE! Your first chance to see the new public preview beta of Microsoft’s next Windows Home Server Codename “VAIL” released today. Over the next few days we will be bringing you an insight into the new OS day by day, starting with Installation, setup and the new dashboard which replaces the old console. Now […]
It’s always difficult to improve on something that is already a really good product, so it is always hard to follow that level of expectation – but it has in VAIL where it has been announced that as of right now is available for download as a preview beta release. Available from Microsoft’s Connect website […]
“Microsoft Case Studies” highlights Bunten and Associates, a small accounting firm who incorporate a HP EX490 MediaSmart Server in their business. The case study explains how the firm utilize Windows Home Server amongst their Windows XP and Windows 7 workstations, which you can read about here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
The Home Server Show podcast #86 takes a look at cloud services and your Windows Home Server. As well as the weeks Home Server news and views. You can catch it here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]
Senior Product Manager with Microsoft’s Windows Server Marketing team Mark Pendergrast will be hosting a live Q&A Coffee Coaching session on the "HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault & Windows Home Server". So if you have questions, you may ask them on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 between 9:00 – 9:30 US Central Time. You can access […]
