By on November 14th, 2011

Tranquil PC Riley Server

Since July this year Tranquil PC has been preparing the next generation Windows Home server appliance.

Tranquil PC Riley Server

Known as the "Riley" series of servers, they will include the following features:

  • Processor units powered by Intel dual core Atom, or i3/i5 processors
  • Processor units include two 2.5” HDD bays to provide server OS drive and server backup drive
  • Storage units provide RAID0, 1, 5 or 10 (default 5) optimisation across the 4x internal 3.5” HDD bays
  • Multiple storage units can connect to the processor units (depending on processor model)
  • 100% fan less operation
  • Near silent operation (processor <3.5dBA, storage <6dBA)
  • Low power consumption
  • Single piece construction, without vents or any joints
  • Optimised for ‘living space’, visually and acoustically desirable
  • 3 year limited warranty
  • Designed and manufactured in UK

Details on pricing and availability is to be announced

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By on November 13th, 2011

BYOB Podcast Episode 65

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Episode 65 of the BYOB podcast is up and if you were not aware BYOB stands for Build Your Own Box and is great listening for those of you wanting to build your own Windows Home Server.

And for this weeks episode:

RAID5 expansion, server Anti-Virus, printing tips, Gigabyte’s 3d UEFI interface and LAN optimizer.

You can find it here.

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By on November 13th, 2011

DVBLink Product Suite v4.0.1

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As you are probably aware we are great fans of the DVBLink software from DVBLogic here at MSWHS.com as it is ideal solution for housing your tuner cards in your Windows Home Server as it makes these cards network aware.

The guys have just announced that version 4.0.1 of their product suit has just been released which includes the following changes:

General

  • Fixed: Unstable channel synchronization/update in MediaCenter
  • Added: Full German, Dutch, Spanish, Danish and Ukrainian localizations
  • Fixed: DVBLink Server does not start if there is no active network connection
  • Added: Moved xmltv file location to ProgramData\DVBLogic\DVBLink\xmltv
  • Fixed: xmltv files with .XML (capitals) extension are not recognized
  • Added: ISO-8859-7 and Windows-1252 encodings to xmltv source

DVBLink TVSource

  • Added: Latest satellite transponder files from kingofsat
  • Fixed: Transponder files with comments cannot be read
  • Fixed: MediaCenter may display Playready message in the middle of viewing a channel for encrypted channels
  • Fixed: "Technical problem" stream is displayed after waking up a server from standby

DVBLink Connect! Server

  • Added: Use base streaming port (8080) as control port for DVBLink client
  • Fixed: No scheduled recordings are displayed on Recordings tab of mobile apps, even if there are recordings visible in MediaCenter
  • Fixed: iOS/Adroid app crashes when entering Recordings tab
  • Added: Timer recordings added from apps use default recording settings of MediaCenter
  • Fixed: DVBLink Network Client crashes if there is no connection to a DVBLink server
  • Fixed: Artifacts when viewing HD channels on DVBLink network client
  • Fixed: DVBLink Server crashes when trial period of DVBLink Connect Server expires
  • Fixed: It takes a long time to start live TV after standby on a DVBLink network client
  • Fixed: Streams containing AAC audio track are not played back in WinPhone client

The full change log including the download location and important installation instructions can be found here.

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By on November 12th, 2011

Podnutz Pro Podcast – SBS 2011 Essentials

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Podnutz Pro is a podcast for the computer repair technician who deals with business and enterprise customers, and episode 36 is all about SBS 2011 Essentials.

Matt Rainey explains to host Lalo Nunez all the great features of this small business server which in some ways is very similar to WHS 2011.

You can catch Podnutz Pro #36 – SBS 2011 Essentials here.

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By on November 12th, 2011

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 160

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Episode 160 of The Home Server Show podcast is up with the weeks Home Server news and views from Dave, John and Jim:

“An add-in for an add-in and another good chat about VM’s, SSD’s, and drive extender add-ins.”

You can find episode 160 here.

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By on November 11th, 2011

Add-In: CloudBerry Backup for WHS 2.5

CloudBerry Backup for WHS (both v1 and WHS 2011) and SBS 2011 Essentials has been updated and now includes the ability to backup data to local storage such as local disks, network shares NAS and SAS devices. This is useful if you like to backup only a subset of your data to the cloud for advanced protection but also like to keep your data locally for fast access and reduced costs. This release also allows you to select a block level differential backup, data encryption, data compression and data versioning.

CloudBerry Backup for WHS Advanced Mode in 2.5

Here is the complete change log for version 2.5:

  • Local backup with encryption, compression, versioning and differential backup
  • Amazon S3 Server Side Encryption (SSE)
  • GovCloud Support
  • AWS West (Oregon) Region support
  • Empty folder backup support

CloudBerry Backup for WHS (both v1 and WHS 2011) is available for $29.99 (SBS 2011 Essentials $69.99) and utilizes Amazon S3 for secure online storage.

More details on these features are available from here.

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By on November 11th, 2011

Orbital Backup Configuration and Mac OS X Lion

The add-in Orbital Backup Configuration which allows connected Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) computers to use your WHS for Time Machine backups will only work with Snow Leopard and not Mac OS X Lion.

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Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) support is unavailable due to a software conflict between the Microsoft Launchpad and Lion Launchpad, and any workarounds would adversely modify the default Lion user experience.

Here is what the developer Orbital Technologies Inc. had to say:

The Connect a Computer program will normally fail when it tries to check the prerequisites of your Macintosh if it is running OS X Lion. This is because Lion has a Launchpad application whose name conflicts with the Microsoft Launchpad used to access the server.
The only known workaround is to first connect a Macintosh running OS X Snow Leopard, then upgrade it to Lion. This will cause Lion to not install its Launchpad, letting the Microsoft Launchpad continue functioning. However, the OS X Lion Launchpad will not be available.

More information on Orbital Backup Configuration can be found here.

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By on November 11th, 2011

ISO Mounter for WHS Instructional Video

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A video has just been released which takes you through using the ISO Mounter for Windows Home Server add-in.

This add-in allows you to mount ISO files (DVD and CD images) stored on your server so they can be viewed directly through your servers folder share on all of your PC’s and laptops.

 

More details on ISO Mounter for WHS can be found here.

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By on November 10th, 2011

The HFX PowerNAS 2011 – Naughty but Nice

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The HFX PowerNAS 2011 from Austrian HFX is a fan less Home Server with 4GB of RAM and an Intel i3 or i5 CPU. With space for 5 x 3.5" hard drives the HFX PowerNAS 2011 isn’t cheap, but at $1,599 (1,095 Euro) you are getting a fine piece of hardware.

  • 5x HDD 3,5“ bays for HDD
  • 1x HDD 2,5“ intern for system
  • Intel Sandy I3 or I5 with 4GB RAM
  • Zotac H67 with Intel RAID
  • 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
  • 4x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA
  • 1x GB LAN, 7.1 Audio
  • LCD 2x 16 lines in white
  • optional DVD or Blu-Ray
  • Windows Home Server 2011 installed
  • 4,5kg to 10kg
  • 20cm (h) x 24cm (w) x 24cm (d)

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More details are available here, whilst a PDF brochure is also available.

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By on November 10th, 2011

Obtain a Domain Name in SBS 2011 Essentials

Sean Daniel has posted a video on how to obtain a domain name in SBS 2011 Essentials (and Standard):

I dive into the nuances of obtaining a domain name for your Remote Web Access website in these two products. The “Essentials” side of the fence also pertains to Windows Home Server (except in the view I talk about .remotewebaccess.com, where in WHS its .homeserver.com, but it works the same way)

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