Microsoft Tech•Ed Online has a 10 minute video looking at how WHS fits into the home. Izak Laubscher and Frikkie Bosch talk about WHS four main pillars: Extending your current Network Infrastructure Growing your Files Backing Up Remote Access Available for viewing/download from here. Thanks to Susan Bradley for the details.
Website Missing Remote has a battle between the first generation EX475 from HP and the new EX487 model. The 5 page article looks at the appearance, the spec and the software differences between the two models. In conclusion the writer Make Garcen (ShadyMG) states that: “Either way, you can’t go wrong, as both systems are […]
Website techbustr is after a NAS solution and has been testing both FreeNAS and Windows Home Server. The FreeNAS experiences are first which has a formidable lead. This will be followed with a test of Windows Home Server. You can read part 1 here.
One of the online backup solutions for Windows Home Server has just been revamped and updated – Version 3.0 of KeepVault for Windows Home Server is now live. KeepVault’s highly secure servers store information online and are ready to instantly recover a single file or several files in the event of a failure. As well […]
This title is a comment that a Canadian guy wrote about whilst building a Windows Home Server into a Shuttle system. He used a Shuttle XPC K45 Barebones Mini PC which is both fast and quiet. The author states that his laptop is louder than this machine at full roar. The build list can be […]
The website ISTRICK is all about a techie guy who lives in Kuwait who has just upgraded his own named “Hazmat” Windows Home Server from 7.5TB to 11.14TB. You can follow his adventure here.
With the Atom processor finding its way into more Home Servers, PCWorld.com takes a look at this chip from Intel and wonders why its being used instead of Intel’s Celeron or AMDs Sempron. Read the story here.
PCMag.com takes a look at 3 network-attached storage devices. The Apple Time Capsule, the HP MediaSmart Server EX487 and the Linksys by Cisco MediaHub. I’m glad to say that the MediaSmart Server got the Editors’ Choice award and the reviewer added that: “It’s one of the best NAS servers I’ve tested”. You can read details […]
HP announced today that European customers can expect to see the LX and EX series of their MediaSmart Serves for sale in Europe from Autumn this year. This is great news for Windows Home Server addicts this side of the pond as getting hold of one of the new MediaSmart Servers at present is like […]
HP have had a change of heart for owners of the first generation MediaSmart Servers. In a statement issued today HP will now issue the latest software update 2.5 to all owners of the EX and LX series including the EX470 and EX475. Due to the differences in these servers (platform and processors etc) HP […]
