As we reported back in August, the Japanese version of Windows Home Server is available in the Epson Endeavor SV110H. And here are some more shots courtesy of ubergizmo.com. Very cute (the cats as well!) is the Endeavor. Although the SV110H can only accept a single 2.5′ hard drive, it is extendable via external USB […]
IT Trainer, Community Leader and MVP Mitch Garvis has written a post regarding Windows Home Server on his blog "The World According to Mitch". Mitch states: “…how simple WHS is to install, use, and maintain…I am hooked on the product, but why shouldn’t I be… I’ll never have to touch it again! :)” Give Windows […]
One enterprising Home Server user has integrated Vista Media Center (VMC) and Windows Home Server (WHS) in a novel way. Within his customized white case, (which he hand sprayed himself) are mounted two Micro ATX motherboards on top of each other. One is for Vista Ultimate, and thus VMC and the other is dedicated to […]
Developer Brendan Grant has announced that he shall cease development on his four add-ins Tab Scroller, Tab Reorder, Tab Manager and Media Connect Controller. Brendan states that those mentioned rely on unsupported and undocumented capabilities of the Windows Home Server Console, and since he now works on the WHS Team that it would be inappropriate […]
The latest Home Server Show #18 is now available. The 17 minute podcast has the latest news as well as information on the Power Pack 1 fix (KB950133) and details on the memory announcement from HP. Your host Dave reads the latest emails and also has some requests for add-ins, which the community would like […]
Yesterdays announcement on HP allowing memory upgrades on their MediaSmart Server’s without voiding the warranty has started some new “chatter” on the matter. Of course the original walk through on how to upgrade the memory is available from MVP Donavon West’s site Home Server Hacks, where he details all the steps necessary to dissect the […]
Based on customer feedback HP are now allowing owners of MediaSmart Server’s to upgrade the memory without voiding the warranty after research showed that some customers were installing multiple add-ins and/or additional software, which could lead to a need for additional memory. This is great news as now upgrading the memory, in itself, will not […]
Microsoft has published a Knowledge Base article (KB950193) for users running Power Pack 1 (PP1). If you remove a hard drive incorrectly by NOT using the Remove a Hard Drive Wizard before physically removing a hard drive OR a hard drive experiences a physical failure THEN some files may be unrecoverable on Windows Home Server […]
As you may be aware Microsoft publish a variety of Technical Brief’s for Windows Home Server (see here), three of which have been recently updated to incorporate PP1 information: Technical Brief for Home Networking November 2007 Version 1.0 – August 2008 Version 1.1 Technical Brief for Windows Home Server Drive Extender October 2007 Version 1.0 […]
Digital photography enthusiast Ian Weatherburn has been blogging about his Backup strategies, which includes having his office computers configured as RAID-0, using a Drobo unit with 4TB of storage along with synchronization software Allways Synch. But that’s not all! Next is an Intel NAS RAID-5 Server which has 4 500GB hard-drives configured as RAID-5 which […]
