Website Revo HTPC create a Windows Home Server (WHS) on the cheap. For their Vail build they choose an Intel motherboard with an integrated Atom processor and a Rosewill MicroATX case. It’s a nice build which you can read about here.
On "The Digital Lifestyle Show" podcast Andrew, Gary and Ian discuss the removal of Drive Extender from Windows Home Server Vail, which you can have a listen to here.
Video podcast "CNET to the Rescue" this week talk about storage in an episode entitled "Slicing and dicing mass storage". …we’re talking about storage. What with people using multiple ways to access their data, and new technologies coming along to store it, managing the storage of your digital assets is now more complicated and interesting […]
Geek Your Rig’s Mike Stroh takes a look at Media Center enthusiast Dave’s setup. Dave uses a MediaSmart to archive his favorite TV programs. Whilst in the kitchen he has a Home Server streaming photos to a HP TouchSmart. Thanks to The Digital Lifestyle for the link. More info on Dave’s media-eco system is […]
The "Using Windows Home Server" blog has a coupon code available which will save you £50 off of the SQA-5H 3000 Series 2 Windows Home Server from Tranquil PC. The unit has already been reduced by £100 to £499 plus VAT, but using the coupon code will bring this down to £449 plus VAT, which […]
There has been some sad announcements lately regarding Windows Home Server, but in my opinion even taking these into account Windows Home Server v1 and Vail is still and will be the best option out there. Automated quick backup, if necessary a single image recovery, remote access… the list carries on. We were committed to […]
Its with sad news that I pass on the information that HP will no longer be producing a MediaSmart Server. Earlier this month I was told of this information (under a non disclosure agreement) from Allan Buckner, the Marketing Manager for the Home Server Group at HP. Allan explained that since HP acquired Palm for […]
The backlash continues regarding Drive Extender being removed from Windows Home server Vail. ZDNet in the UK asks "What’s the point of Windows Home Server?" So here’s a modest proposal: Don’t throw away Drive Extender. Instead deliver Home Server "Vail" and Small Business Server Essentials with a hybrid file system, where one drive letter is […]
The How-To Geek gives us 9 alternatives for Windows Home server Drive Extender technology. The article explains what Drive Extender is and discusses Windows alternatives software RAID, disParity and FlexRAID. As well as Liux alternatives LVM, unRAID, MooseFS, GlusterFS, Greyhole and Ceph. A great read which you can find here.
If you would like to know the differences between Microsoft’s different server editions (both current and upcoming), then website Small Biz Thoughts by Karl Palachuk has them listed which of course includes Windows Home Server, which you can find here.
