If you are wondering why that £50 ($80) hard drive is now £180 ($288), then here is an update to the story about the flooding in Thailand which is currently causing hard drive prices to rise on a daily basis. Article courtesy of CRN.
This plugin allows you to at-a-glance view how much space you have available on your Drobo from within WHS 2011, and the status of the drives: More information and the beta 1 download of WHS Drobo Status is available from here.
For the Record to Lights-Out is an add-in for Windows Home Server which connects For the Record and Lights-Out to ensure the computer wakes up for scheduled recordings, Usually with zero configuration. For The Record is an advanced rule-based scheduling system to record your favorite TV programs to your computer and has support for MediaPortal […]
Sean Daniel wanted his own cloud storage that he could run and have total control over. And that’s where Windows Home Server 2011 came into the equation. Home Server has been Sean’s personal cloud storage location since 2007, just chugging away. The one draw back is that there is only one account “Administrator” that has […]
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 […]
The add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 users which puts notifications back in the system tray or taskbar has had an update. Version 2.1 of Home Server Status includes the following changes: Added the ability to ‘Enable Alerts From Other PCs’ running the HSS application, via UDP on port 2564. This addition will enable tray […]
The add-in WHS – Download Manager has been updated to version 3.3.1. WHS-Download Manager is a download manager for your home network, centrally installed on your Home Server. This latest release adds file host wupload.com and fixes some issues with file host filesonic. WHS-Download Manager now supports 13 different file hosts: wupload.com Premium Account filesonic.com […]
