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Western Digital adopts KeepVault Online Backup for WD Sentinel DX4000

Western Digital (WD) has selected KeepVault online backup for its new WD Sentinel DX4000 series of small office storage servers. Here’s the full press release: MELBOURNE, Fla., March 1, 2012 – AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH), a leading provider of mobile and network security, announced that Western Digital® (WD®) has selected its KeepVault backup service to provide […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 173

Episode 173 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up, and this week: “What do we have here?  Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows 8 Server Beta.  That’s what we have!  These two products were released for download a few hours before the recording of this show and we have both loaded up to go […]

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Windows Server 8 Storage Technologies

There are lots of great features in Windows Server "8" Beta including the Drive Extender type "Storage Spaces", native thin provisioning giving the appearance of more physical space than is actually available to you and the new Resilient File System (ReFS) providing automated corruption scanning and repair. And what is this to do with Windows […]

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Windows 8 Video Demos

With the launch of Windows 8 Consumer Preview yesterday Microsoft have released a short 8 minute product demo by Jensen Harris from the Windows User Experience group: Also available is the 90 minute keynote from the event which was help in Barcelona, Spain yesterday:

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server 8 Beta Debut

The day has finally arrived. Microsoft has released the Windows 8 consumer preview for download as well as Windows Server 8 Beta. The new ReFS file system previews in Windows Server 8 Beta, which compliments the Drive Extender type technology called Storage Spaces which also appears in the consumer preview edition too. So without further […]

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Replacement Modified PSU for the HP MediaSmart and Data Vault Servers

If you have a HP MediaSmart or Data Vault Server and your power supply stops working then you may have a slight problem as you may find another replacement that fits but it will be wired differently as HP used a different wiring configuration for its PSUs. But problems you will no longer have as […]

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WHS 2011 Computer Monitoring Error since UR2

I updated my install of Windows Home Server 2011 with Update Rollup 2 (UR2) and iv started to get a computer monitoring error popping up in my system tray and a warning alert in the Alert Viewer and it seems I am not the only one. One user submitted a bug report for the issue […]

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File Duplication in StableBit DrivePool BETA M4

The Covecube blog has lots of information on folder duplication in the BETA M4 release of StableBit DrivePool. The post explains how file duplication works in DrivePool M4, looking at real-time file duplication and its consistency and the process of duplicating files later. An interesting read which you can find here.

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The BYOB Podcast Episode 78

Data recovery expert Scott Multon talks SSDs on this weeks edition of the BYOB podcast. You can catch episode 78 here.

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 172

After a weeks absence The Home Server Show podcast is back with lots of Home Server news and information on Update Rollup 2 (UR2). Episode 172 can be found here.