Blogger Scott Hanselman has the details on how to turn on duplication of the backups database, which is disabled by default on Windows Home Server. Scott says that there could be a performance hit once it is enabled via a registry key and reminds us that it is totally unsupported but as he states “it’s […]
As you may be aware, discussions were underway between the the Product Group and the Subscriptions Teams regarding making Windows Home Server available to MSDN subscribers and at the time it looked promising. But unfortunately the bad news is that it will not be available as a MSDN Subscriber Download at this time but then […]
The Knowledge Base article from Microsoft documenting the data corruption issue has been updated. Updated on January 11th and now at revision 3.0 the latest info published is that the WHS team have now reproduced the issue which is extremely good news as now it will be easier for a fix to be worked on, […]
Over on the eWEEK Microsoft Watch blog, author Joe Wilcox has been chatting to Brian Burch, Hewlett-Packard’s marketing director for the Managed Home Business Personal Systems group at CES 2008 about the company’s Windows Home Server system the MediaSmart Server. Brian said: “Sales are so brisk, they’re too good. HP sold its planned three months […]
PCMAG.COM have a detailed review on the HP MediaSmart Server EX470. The 4 page review concludes by stating the following: Overall, the MediaSmart sets the current standard for home NAS servers: It’s the new Editors’ Choice in this class. Fast performance on Gigabit Ethernet networks coupled with a nice price and Windows Home Server […]
Thanks to our correspondent Andrew Edney who is at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2008) we have some pictures and information for you direct from the event in Las Vegas. Really cool are all of the columns outside the South Hall entrance are wrapped in WHS advertisements. Andrew says apart from the biggest news about […]
British magazine Personal Computer World has an online review of the HP MediaSmart Server EX470. They state its “Slow off the starting blocks, but HP’s Windows Home Server interface is polished”. Read the review here.
Windows Home Server Power Pack Announced Courtesy of enthusiast site Channel 10 is a video with Todd Headrick from the Home Server team explaining some details on Power Pack 1.
Today at CES 2008 in Las Vegas Microsoft announced details on Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (PP1). Formally known as UR1 or Update Release 1, PP1 will be available for free via Windows Update/Microsoft Update when it becomes available in the first half of this year (2008). So why a Power Pack? This minor […]
In a soon-to-be-published research report, Forrester Research analyst J.P. Gownder figures that home servers (not just those running Microsoft’s home server product) will reach 4.5 million households by 2012. That’s up from just 190,000 such servers last year. Gownder said “That’s a pretty good growth rate,” , though he added that “it’s still a niche […]
