The New Zealand edition of PCWorld online has a great article on RAID made easy. The article takes a look at the common RAID modes and RAID alternatives such as JBOB, Drive Extender and Virtualized RAID. But best of all it has a RAID cheat sheet which recommends the right RAID for your particular situation, […]
Seagate are phasing out their flagship Barracuda desktop hard drives from 5900rpm in favor of 7200rpm ones. This move away from lower-speed drives is based on the new read/write head technology that has allowed Seagate to squeeze more data onto a drive platter and still be able to read it. This move to 7,200 rpm […]
Microsoft have announced that the Office 365 Integration Module is now available for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials. This latest module joins the Windows 7 Professional Pack for Small Business Server 2011 and the Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector Add-in. The Office 365 Integration Module extends the features of the server Dashboard by providing integration with […]
HP are now offering £100 cashback for our UK readers on the new model HP ProLiant MicroServer. The new N40L is a faster model sporting the 1.5GHz Turion II, making it an ideal server for your WHS 2011 build. ServersPlus.com are offering it for £239.94 inc VAT which brings it down to an incredible £139.94 […]
Another week and its time for another episode of the Build Your Own Box podcast. “Bleeding edge SSDs from OCZ? Michael discusses his desire to cut the cord, with some discussion on why and how to achieve total independence. All on this week’s on the BYOB Podcast.” You can catch episode 64 here.
If you have a Drobo and you are a Windows Home Server 2011 user then you may be interested in the following private beta. As part of a competition a user by the name of Ross Dargan has released an add-in for WHS 2011 users which enables them to monitor their Drobo’s from within the […]
Episode 158 of The Home Server Show podcast is available, and in this weeks bumper episode: …Ray Newberry from http://theosquest.com joins John, Jim, and myself to talk about servers, CrashPlan, pfSense, unTangle, drive extender, HP Microservers, and lots more. We also go over some bandwidth issues when restoring files from backups on Windows Home Server […]
Pimp My Microserver is a competition by ServerPlus.com which gives you the chance to transform your HP Proliant MicroServer into the machine of your dreams by pimping its exterior. At the end of the competition, the person who submits the winning design will see their vision turned into reality, and be presented with the first […]
There could be a heavy hard drive shortage this quarter due to the heavy flooding in Thailand. Western Digital is under water and Nimec who supply 70 to 80 percent of the worlds hard drive components have flood water around them also. Hitachi, Seagate, and Toshiba are preparing for the worst. Since manufacturers typically have […]
Episode 63 of the BYOB podcast is up and this week its all about Home Automation including how it connects to Windows home Server: “This week we talk Home Automation with special guest Ted Singh, co-founder and Business Development Manager for Embedded Automation about his mControl product.” You can grab this weeks episode from here.
