.NET Developer Dan Hounshell has a great 6 part series about building not just a eco-friendly Windows Home Server, but an economical one too. Part 1: In search of an Eco-Friendly Economical Home Server Part 2: In search of an Eco-Friendly Economical Home Server 2, Electric Boogaloo Part 3: A Cheap and Green Windows Home […]
With the latest mix of news reviews and comment, The Home Server Show #20 is now available for your listening pleasure. More details are available here.
Unless you’ve been on another planet for the last year then you properly know that the codename for the next version of Windows is called “Windows 7”. And that name is going to stick because yesterday it was announced on the Windows Vista Blog that “Windows 7” will also be the final official name of […]
Independent dealer ProVantage in Ohio (USA) have the HP MediaSmart Server EX475 at an unbelievable price of $524.10. This is an excellent price for the 1TB server as Amazon are at least $50 more expensive and Newegg would charge you an additional $115 on top too. ProVantage will also ship worldwide but be aware that […]
Jungle Disk is an online backup solution for Windows Home server and the next major release is in deep development and should be available in beta shortly. The biggest change to this new 2.50 version is the ability for it to run as a background service on all platforms as well as a range of […]
Media Center enthusiast and fellow MVP Ian Dixon has posted about having a meet up next year with like minded enthusiasts. So what do you reckon to a UK event for Windows Home Server, Windows Media Center and other digital lifestyle product enthusiasts to meet and discuss tips or to show your home grown projects […]
This edition of The Home Server Show Podcast has snippets of the latest WHS news as well as your emails and a review of the online backup solution “KeepVault for Windows Home Server”. You can listen here.
KeepVault is an online backup solution for Windows Home Server who were offering unlimited storage for only $99 per year. But this has now changed, Proxure the company behind the product now offer 100GB of storage for the same price as well as additional storage space if required, but for an extra charge. For example […]
After being away for a few days at Microsoft in Reading, it’s good to notice on my return home that three new guys have joined Microsoft’s MVP program for Windows Home Server. Existing MVP Donavon West of Home Server Hacks is now a WHS MVP as well as newcomer Sam Wood and Alex “Yakuza” from […]
The home theater news site "Missing Remote" has a comparison of Windows Home Server systems. They compare a home brewed frankenstein build, in a Antec P180B chassis alongside a custom built WHS housed in a Chenbro ES34069 and a HP MediaSmart Server EX475. The five page article goes through each configuration with a parts list […]
