Paul Thurrott continues his series looking at WS2012 Essentials by taking a look at the client experience. Paul goes through the install steps and tells us what’s it like to what it’s like to join and use a domain and explains the Launchpad and Dashboard for WS2012e users. You can read Paul’s article here.
WD has released a new range of enterprise 3.5" hard drives running at 7200RPM with a 1.2 million hour MTBF. Available in 2TB, 3TB and 4TB capacity the WD RE SATA hard drives have the following features: Dual port, full duplex connectivity: For business-critical enterprise topologies. 1.2M hours MTBF: Provides high level of reliability for […]
Episode 199 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up: One Ninety Nine. Jim has the night off so John and Dave tear through the news and discuss a lot of Essentials 2012. If you have needed a shot of Essentials then fear not! Big news at the end of this show that will lead […]
A member by the name of josjev at tonymacx86.com has written up how they got Time Machine backup working on WHS 2011 using iSCSI: I am running WHS2011 as my home server and have been looking for a way to use it for Time Machine backups for my Mountain Lion Hack. For a while i […]
Version 3.0 of CloudBerry Backup for WHS (v1, 2011 and SBS 2011) has been released. This latest release provides support for Amazon Glacier: Amazon Glacier, a secure, reliable and low cost storage service designed for data archiving and backup. In order to keep costs low, Amazon Glacier is optimized for data that is infrequently accessed […]
After writing about how to connect PCs without using a domain in WS2012 Essentials, Paul Thurrott is back asking the question what is a domain, and is such a thing useful in a home office or very small business. Its a great read for home server users, because as Paul states: Many of those who […]
If you would like to know how to use My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 to copy your DVD or Blu-ray movies for use with your Apple TV, then the My Movies guys have a guide for you. The guide explains how to create your existing movies to the special video format the Apple […]
ServeTheHome gives us 10 features which we need in small business servers, which could equally apply to home servers too. Mini ITX or Micro ATX motherboard support. 8 Hot-swap drive bays. 8x 3.5 hot swap bays plus 2x 2.5″ bays minimum. Support for ECC memory. IPMI 2.0 or equivalent remote management built-in (vPro would be […]
We mentioned earlier this month a way to connect WS2012e to client machines without joining a domain by using a registry key. As a follow up Paul Thurrott has written an article explaining more behind why you may or may not want to skip domain sign-in. You can read Paul’s pot here.
If you are running SBS 2011 Essentials, WHS 2011 or WSS 2008 R2 Essentials and receive the “One or more services are not running” health alert, then we have a solution for you. Firstly if there is a duplicated volume name, for example “local drive”, the Backup service will not handle this properly and you […]
