The WHS v1 add-in “Add-in Central” is no longer. In a blog post, the add-ins creators at HomeServerLand stated that from time to time it is necessary to discontinue products and services for a number of reasons and that the add-in would be discontinued as of July 15, 2011. Existing users are being asked to […]
Western Digital have announced that they will be providing a small office storage server product which will include Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials as the operating system. Thomas Gallivan, WD’s vice president of marketing for SMB branded products had the following to say: "By combining Microsoft’s platform with WD’s strength in the storage market, […]
UK based PCSpecialist.co.uk have re-vamped their Windows Home server range and now offer more case choices as well as an intelligent configurator to help you better choose the components you require. The price of Windows Home Server 2011 has also been reduced in line with Microsoft’s recent price reduction. The Home Server PC range: Uses […]
If you are running version 4 beta 1 of DVBLink then you may or may have experienced an issue where the EPG data does not contain any program names. The good news for us is that the guys have released a patch containing a .dll file which should fix this empty program names issue. More […]
StableBit DrivePool currently at stage M2 (Milestone 2) of the beta process has a new build available. Build 1925 of the DE replacement add-in includes the following changes: When moving a file within a pooled folder, if the destination already existed there was a chance that the move could fail because it would try to […]
Online backup solution KeepVault and KeepVault Pro have both had improvements made to them today. KeepVault Pro now has a new flat rate pricing of $0.15/GB/month (when paying yearly) and no per device/seat fees. So you can now buy exactly the storage you need, with no pricing tiers and upgrade at any time. This new […]
The defrag program for Windows Home Server users has had an update. PerfectDisk 12 Client and Enterprise Console have been updated to Build 275. These latest builds include various bug fixes. You can “Check For Updates” in the products or wait for Autoupdate. Client fixes: There were several issues where the S.M.A.R.T. tab indicated outrageously […]
Paul Thurrott’s Supersite for Windows has a article on the history of Windows Home Server (v1). From being announced at CES in January 2007 to Power Pack 3 being released in December 2009, it’s an interesting read with links to Paul’s existing articles on version 1 of Windows home Server. Windows Home Server: A Look […]
If you would like to build a server your own way then the BBS2 Power unit from Tranquil PC could be the answer. With the same basic core components as used in the Leo HS4 and Leo SS4, the BBS2 Power delivers huge amounts of processing power for a high performance platform, yet consumes as […]
Episode 50 of the BYOB podcast is up for the Build Your Own Box enthusiasts. This weeks episode has special guest Andrew Edney talking about various systems, which you can find here.
