Paul Thurrott gives us his opinion on WHS 2011 and Windows Server 2012 Essentials and why he thinks average consumers or very small businesses will not flock to Microsoft’s latest solution: …I don’t think average consumers or very small businesses will flock to this solution any more than they did to WHS. Though inexpensive by […]
With the launch of Windows Server 2012 earlier today Microsoft has made available 4 videos which you can earn points by watching and you can also play "The Launch Game" and play this week’s Trivia Challenge to earn extra points too for a chance of winning some prizes. Microsoft has made available a 180-day trial […]
Microsoft confirmed at Tech Ed in New Zealand yesterday that Windows Server 2012 will be available for purchase and download as planned today. New Zealand will be the first country in the world to be able to purchase and download Windows Server 2012 due to their position near the international date line, with more countries […]
Windows Server 2012 arrives tomorrow September 4th as it RTM’s worldwide. And to celebrate be sure to play the "Save the Date" game to win prizes on launch day. Also tomorrow at 8:00AM PST Microsoft President Satya Nadella presents a keynote on Windows Server 2012 which will certainly be worth a watch. And a week […]
Mitch Tulloch and the Windows Server team have released a new updated version of the FREE e-Book for IT professionals: Introducing Windows Server 2012 RTM Edition. This 256-page eBook has 5 chapters of detailed technical content: Building a foundation for Private Cloud Understand the latest improvements that takes Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V beyond basic […]
CrashPlan are currently offering a 20% off back to school special on their online backup service. CrashPlan is an ideal solution for Home Server users to back up their data to the cloud. Through to September 8th they are offering 20% off their plans. For example their individual unlimited backup plan is normally $49.99 but […]
Its another week and its time for another episode of ""The Home Server Show podcast: We start out with the 2nd Annual Meetup date and details. You don’t want to miss it! I’ll be talking a lot about Synology and differences between 2 and 4 bay units. Synology also has a new box coming out […]
Drive Bender have refreshed their website and to celebrate are offering a strictly limited 20% discount on all licenses of Drive Bender. So if you are a WHS 2011 user then now is a good time to buy as Drive Bender for WHS will only cost you $15.95 USD instead of the regular $19.95. Drive […]
ServeTheHome have a RAID Reliability Calculator available. ServeTheHome have a RAID Reliability Calculator which is a simple Simple MTTDL (Mean Time to Data Loss) Model: “Simply put, this calculator will give you a fairly good idea regarding which RAID level is the most reliable given a number of drives. Also, if you do not believe […]
The PC Doc has updated his benchmarks for the Release Candidate of Server Essentials. …things have not improved in terms of performance. If fact, some tests were a bit slower. I am using the same hardware in the same configuration as before for the testing. I will continue to test all releases including the soon […]
