Episode 57 of the BYOB podcast is up and this weeks show has information on the new Ceton quad-tuner USB model CableCARDs, HD HomeRun Prime, Crucial’s SSD firmware, Michael’s Window Home Server and a listener email on video/audio streaming. You can catch it here.
Windows guru, Paul Thurrott has used WHS 2011 day in and day out for the last four to five months to see if it would stand up to his expectations, and work the way he needed it to work. His answer: And I’m happy to report now, after these many months of usage, it does […]
The add-in Home Server SMART for version 1 of Windows Home Server has been updated to version 2.0.8.25. Home Server SMART automatically and continuously monitors the health of most of your hard disks attached to WHS by examining the S.M.A.R.T. data exposed by the disks and determines the health of them. This release from Friday, […]
DiskBuncher is a program that moves your files automatically to different data drives and presents them in one network drive. As there site states: Dividing your files to many different disks isn’t necessary anymore, so you are able to use your files by accessing just one place. It can be seen as a save and […]
If you are planning to install version 1 of Windows Home Server on a HP ProLiant MicroServer then DO NOT use one of the modded bios that speeds up the ODD port (CD Drive Bay) before installation. Due to the ACHI/IDE mode of the SATA controller you have to change in and out of IDE […]
Working with Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials is a new book by fellow MVP Andrew Edney, Charlie Russel and Sharon Crawford which is available in Print, Ebook or Safari Books Online: Set up and manage your own efficient, low-cost network Get up and running quickly with Windows® Small Business Server 2011 Essentials—and learn how […]
Fujitsu yesterday announced the release of their PRIMERGY TX100 S3 Standard Edition server. Suited for the small business the PRIMERGY TX100 S3 Standard comes complete with Windows SBS Essentials 2011 and includes the following features: Choice of Intel Xeon E3-1200 (quad-core), Pentium Celeron or Core i3 processors Up to 32Gb of ECC RAM 2×1 Gb […]
Gordon Schmidt enabled Homegroup on his WHS 2011 build but noticed once done that it allowed any user on the network to have access to all of the shared folders that he has on his Home Server: “This is not what I want and was a show stopper for me in implementing Home Groups into […]
OCZ have announced a hard drive hybrid, comprising a 100GB SSD with a 1TB hard drive on a PCI Express card for $499 This combo uses OCZ’s Dataplex caching software which allows the most frequently used "hot" data to stay on the ultra-fast SSD, whilst the "cold" data remains on the larger capacity HDD and […]
CCL Online, a British online computer store has a review of the 2TB WD and Samsung hard drives. In their shootout each green drive is taken through synthetic tests and some real-world transfers to allow a comparison of what you can really expect. Which one should you buy? You can find out here.
