By on December 27th, 2011

Add-In: InteliSAN LDisk v2.0.0.5

 

InteliSAN LDisk has been updated to version 2.0.0.5 beta for WHS-2011, WSS-e, and SBS-2011 users.

LDisk™ Adds iSCSI Target Storage capability to Windows Home Server-2011, Windows Storage Server-Essentials, and SBS-2011. Using LDisk™, you can create a single appliance to provide all your storage and backup needs.

WHS and LDisk

Here is the change log for this latest version:

Improvements in GUI:

1- Progress bar for iSCSI Expansion tab

2- Name changes: Snapspace management, Rescan Disks

3- Added Max size to Volumes create popup

4- More clear disk name, location, and status

Fixes:

5- To correct disk Add when all disks were not initialized

6- To correct mirror volume delete

7- Better error handling after disk failures

8- To correct GUI issues with no disks in the system

The add-in is currently in beta with final pricing to be announced.

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By on December 26th, 2011

Install SQL and WordPress on WHS 2011

Windows Home Server MVP Nigel Wilks explains to us the Microsoft Web Platform Installer for WHS 2011 users.

Web Platform Installer 3.0

This installer will enable you to easily install a whole suite of applications from Sql through to WordPress, even Forum software such as PhpBB onto Windows Home Server 2011. In the post Nigel explains how to get the installer setup an d configured, which you can find here.

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By on December 26th, 2011

The BYOB Podcast Episode 71

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The BYOB podcast is up and on this weeks episode:

  • SkyDrive for iOS and WP7 reviewed
  • An exploration into ESXi as a virtualization platform
  • Initial impressions of the Fractal design Define R3 case
  • HTC Titan/Focus S/iPhone4S/Skyrocket comments
  • The new dashboard for XBOX

Plus lots more on episode 71 of the BYOB podcast.

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By on December 24th, 2011

The Snow was Falling on a Christmas Eve

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The snow was falling on a Christmas Eve
All crisp and crunchy I hardly couldn’t believe
Delivering presents is Santa, I am waiting to receive

In his sack a Home Server, a surprise for some one new
It may not have Drive Extender but 2011 will have to do
To Backup PCs and a Mac machine too.
But that’s not all Home Server can do

Sharing and storage to name a few
Not forgetting add-ins which can extend it anew
I love Home Server, oh that is so true
I’m awaiting a new one from Santa – Are you?

From all of us here at MSWHS.com we would like to wish our wonderful readers, advertisers, supporters and contributors a very merry Christmas

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By on December 24th, 2011

Hitachi First to Market 4TB Hard Drive

It appears that Hitachi are coming out with an internal 4TB hard drive as part of its Deskstar line of drives.

Hitachi 4TB HArd Drive Specs

Its the first 4TB HDD and was spotted on the Akiba PC Watch website selling for 26,800 yen (approx. $343). The 0S03361 drive has 32MB of cache, a SATA 6Gbps interface and has Hitachi’s CoolSpin technology which automatically controls the rotational speed of the spindle motor to balance power consumption and the noise level. The  4KB sector "Advanced Format" technology has also been adopted.

We are now just waiting for an official announcement from Hitachi, which as yet has not surfaced.

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By on December 24th, 2011

30% Off PerfectDisk 12 Home Server

PerfectDisk 12 Home Server

For 2 days only if you use the coupon code MERRY30 at raxco.com you can get 30% off of the listed price of $39.99 for PerfectDisk 12 Home Server.
That brings the cost of this defragmentation tool for Windows Home Server users down to $27.77 – That’s a great saving!

More details on PerfectDisk Home Server can be found here.

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By on December 23rd, 2011

A Perfect Home Server

Eric Rux tells us about his perfect Home Server.

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He accomplished this by purchasing a HP StorageWorks X310 Home Server and updating it with WHS 2011, installing the Drive Extender type add-in Drive Bender and finally finishing it up with an install of Orb:

“I now have the perfect Home Server: Home Server 2011 running on great HP Home Server hardware. The storage works the way I want, and I have the multimedia features that I need.”

You can read Eric’s full post here.

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By on December 23rd, 2011

Connecting WHS to the Web through two Routers

Gunnar Peipman’s has a post on how to get Windows Home Server to work with the Microsoft subdomain (http://something.homeserver.com) if it is not connected directly to a router that has access to web.

Home Network with Two Routers

In his post he explains how to set up the router and subdomain:

“It was not hard to get Windows Home Server configured for web when it is behind two routers. You first let WHS configure web router and subdomain.”

It may be useful for some, if so you can find it here.

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By on December 23rd, 2011

Seasonal Fun

Seasons Greetings

Its getting very close to Christmas, and as Santa gets ready to deliver pressies to those of you who have been nice this year, we thought we would tell you about the following seasonal fare:

Google Snow – If you type the words let it snow into the Google search box snow flakes will start to gently fall to the bottom of your screen and if you stay on that page for a few seconds your screen will start to mist up. But please remember that watery mist and computer monitors do not mix well!

Not to be left out of the action Microsoft’s Internet Explorer test drive website also has a Let it Snow HTML5 demo with falling snow flakes where again clicking and moving your mouse over a Seasons Greetings sign post will clear the snow.

Finally Hard drive manufacturer Seagate have a seasonal game where you need to guide Santa across the snow as he slides on a runaway hard drive and this time you could also win a Seagate drive.

And for those of you who have been naughty you still have a little time to become nice and change Santa’s mind!

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By on December 22nd, 2011

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 166

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Its the pre-Christmas episode of The Home Server Show podcast.

And in this weeks 45 minute episode its Microservers, CES and Microsoft, hard drives, and more.

You can catch episode 166 here.

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