Episode 151 of The Home Server Show podcast is up with the weeks Home Server news plus debate from Dave and the guys. You can listen to show 151 here.
Paul Thurrott takes a look at SBS 2011 Essentials. Paul takes us through the features of Small Business Server 2011 Essentials in his article, including: Automatic, centralized PC backup Automatic server backup Network health monitoring Content storage and sharing Remote access Full Active Directory functionality Extensibility through add-ins Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on […]
PC Pro have a review of the Tranquil Leo HS4 Home Server. Looking identical to Tranquil’s old SQA-5H models, the i3 powered Leo HS4 home server is given the once over: In all it’s a capable home server OS, running on versatile hardware. The catch is the price: the basic 2TB Leo HS4 model comes […]
The How-To Geek has a roundup of the best Windows Home server apps. For streaming: AirVideo, VLC Shares, Plex Media Server and Subsonic are all taken a look at. For remote access DynDNS.com, DD-WRT and the Tomato firmware. All this plus Perl with IIS, PHP with IIS, WordPress and MediaWiki. These are all great apps […]
Recorded on August the 24th was the webinar "Windows Small Business Server Essentials has arrived!" Presented by Michael Tyan and Carlos Ruiz from Microsoft Canada this 59 minute presentation looks at the following: What is Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and how is it different from the more traditional Small Business Server 2011 Standard? Demo: […]
Newegg currently have Windows Home Server 2011 listed for $53.02, but use the coupon code EMCKAKD36 to get $8.03 off, bringing the final price to $44.99 which includes free shipping. You can buy a copy using this (affiliate) link which helps pay the bills .
The beta M3 build of StableBit DrivePool has been updated to version 3790. This latest release includes the following changes: Fixed theme compatibility with StableBit Scanner 2.0. Do not fail to start the DrivePool service if can’t start backup service. A more concrete fix for this is coming later. Fixed error in error handling logic […]
AnandTech takes a look at WHS 2011 as well as FreeBSD, FreeNAS, Ubuntu and Samba in their File Server Buyer’s Guide. The guide looks at ideal CPUs, motherboards and ram for a file server , and tells us what’s best to purchase. Cases, power supplies and hard drives are next on their list: “The largest […]
If you own a AWIECO Home server a new version of AWIECO ServerCenter is available. ServerCenter allows owners of AWIECO Home Servers to configure their front panel displays to decide what information to display. This latest release (0.8.1) adds a fan control to the configuration. More details on AWIECO Home Server solutions are available from […]
The add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 users which puts notifications back in the system tray or taskbar has had an update. Here is the change log for version 2.02 of Home Server Status: FIXED: Cosmetic problems with higher than 96 DPI settings. ADDED: Ability to input switches for file paths on additional menu items […]
