Category: News

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HP x510 – An Install-and-Forget SMB Storage Solution

There is a review of the HP StorageWorks x510 Data Vault on website Absolutely Windows, which is about Windows for small and medium businesses. The HP StorageWorks Data Vault epitomizes the ideal for an install-and-forget SMB storage solution. Moreover, the roadmap HP has for the Data Vault means that businesses can invest in this product […]

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HP X510 StorageWorks Data Vault Bench Marks

SmallNetBuilder has a 3 page review of the X510 StorageWorks Data Vault from HP. Apart from a great set of benchmarks, (including file copy write and read performance) we are told about the internals of the unit and what happens when you pull a hard drive out whilst the unit is still powered on – […]

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Windows Home Server in 1 Minute

Microsoft’s Windows Home Server Blog have published 2 videos showcasing all of the features which can be found in Windows Home Server in 1 minute. The first video shows how a family uses WHS in their everyday lives, whilst the second shows the benefits of using WHS in the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environment. You […]

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File Conflicts Prevented Hard Drive Removal

Brad Wilson had a hard drive with bad blocks which when he tried to remove from Windows Home server displayed the following error message: Brad managed to rescue his using a copy of ROBOCOPY which is a part of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit. You can read his story here.

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Microsoft’s Best-Kept Secret

NEWSFACTOR.com classes Windows Home Server as one of the undiscovered tech products of 2009 alongside the likes of Google Voice and cloud based password management utility Lastpass Windows Home Server is probably Microsoft ‘s best-kept secret, and that’s a shame. You can read the undiscovered tech products of 2009 here.

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WHS and Windows Media Center

Entertainment 2.0 is a podcast about digital media which we all use in our daily life’s, and in the latest episode 57 hosts Josh Pollard and Adam Thursby are joined by special guest Dave McCabe from The Home Server Show podcast. Dave chats about his Media Center experiences and tells us how Windows Home Server […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 69

The Home Server Show podcast episode 69 has plenty of news items this week. You can listen to Dave, Jim and John right here.

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Twas the Night before Christmas

We would like to wish all our readers a wonderful Christmas/happy holidays (depending on your faith) and wish you a wonderful time with family, friends and your Home Servers 🙂 A wonderful photo from the WHS page on Facebook. From our contributors Steve Crick, Gary Quigley, Matthew Glover, Al West and myself Philip Churchill – […]

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Integrate Multiple Devices with WHS

How do you integrate multiple Windows Media Center computers, Zunes, an XBox 360, and also a Windows Home Server? Easy, and here’s a basic home network map And everything syncs together too. You can read more here.

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HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault Video

TigerDirect’s com.puter.tv channel has a 4 minute video on the HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault Windows Home Server which is worth a look if you want to see what the X510/EX495 looks like in the flesh.