By on April 14th, 2011

Add-In: WHS Phone for Android 1.3 Beta

Beta 1.3 of WHS Phone for Android is available for registered testers.

Here’s a few of the highlights:

  • Completely new UI
  • Streamlined Photo browsing a little
  • Cleaned up the Audio Playback a little
  • Added Server Restart and Shutdown
  • Added full search of shares (uses windows search)
  • Added photo upload from the Gallery and/or SD card
  • Ability to download ANY file to your phone
  • Added the ability to add Users and Shares from the phone
  • Video Streaming

WHS Phone for Android 1.3 Beta Videos WHS Phone for Android 1.3 Beta Media Player

WHS Phone for Android 1.3 Beta Add-Ins WHS Phone for Android 1.3 Beta Search Results

WHS Phone for Android 1.3 Beta Send File WHS Phone for Android 1.3 Beta Upload

More details are available from here.

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By on April 13th, 2011

Add-In: WHS Phone for Windows Phone 7 1.3 Beta

The add-in WHS Phone for Windows Phone 7 users has a new beta release.

WHS Phone Logo

1.3 Beta is now available for Windows Phone 7 users, and the creator Paul Juenger is after beta testers who have a developer unlocked phone who wish to participate.
Si if you are interested, head on over here to personal message Paul your details.

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By on April 13th, 2011

Drive Bender Release Schedule

Division-M the company behind the DE replacement add-in Drive Bender have just released their release schedule. And its good to see that by early June the add-in will be released in its final form:

In between beta releases there will be updates releases as deemed necessary.

Beta 1 – 2011/02/21

  • Initial release of core service and drives.
  • Drive Bender Manager.
  • Create pool functionality.
  • Create network and drive letter mount points.

Beta 2 – 2011/03/21

  • Drive Bender WHS addin.
  • Add drive to pool functionality.
  • Remove drive from pool functionality.
  • Merge drive into pool functionality.
  • Folder level duplication.

Beta 3 – Mid May 2011

  • WHS shared folder support.
  • WHS media streaming support.
  • WHS remote access support.
  • WHS addin – share and pool management integrated into the storage tab of dashboard.
  • Full file / folder security support (including WHS management).
  • Full action list support.
  • Refresh of walk through documentation.

RC1 – Late May 2011

  • Read / write performance enhancements.
  • WHS health addin support.
  • User definable data balancing (i.e. the business rules used to determine where data resides within the pool).
  • Improved client / server interaction (this is mostly to do with task feedback in the existing client applications (such as the Manager and WHS addin).
  • German language support. **
  • Enhanced documentation.

RC2 – Early June, 2011

  • Changes / updates as required.

Release – Late June 2011

  • Down the pub…

** Indicates that the feature may be pulled or moved to a different milestone release.

More details on Drive Bender are available from here.

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By on April 13th, 2011

Add-In: Drive Bender 1.1.2.8

Drive Bender Logo

Drive Bender v1.1.2.8 is available which offers many fixes and improvements including pool rebuilding/repairing, an updated interface (for both the Manager and the WHS addin) and improved WHS support:

  • Bug fix: The health monitor no longer checks outside of a pool mount path.
  • Bug fix: Drive removal can now remove drives even when flagged with an error.
  • Added pool rebuild / repair feature. This will repopulate a pool with duplicated files from a missing missing or failed drive. This will also remove the bad drive from the pool.
  • Improved handling of file security and file attributes.
  • Bug fix: A pool restart could cause Drive Bender to deadlock, this issue has been resolved.
  • Bug fix: A Drive Bender WHS addin crashing issue has been fixed.
  • Bug fix: Removing a mount point no longer corrupts references to other mount points.
  • Drive Bender Manager interface improvements.
  • Drive Bender WHS addin interface improvements.
  • Bug fix: Drive Bender Manager node selection now enabling correct options.
  • Added partial support for WHS shared folders to the WHS addin (see http://www.drivebender.com/whsbeta1).
  • Improved start up performance.
  • Many other bug fixes and enhancements.

On the news front, we have heard from many users with regards to Drive Bender’s ability (or lack there of) to create network shares that can be managed and used like a native WHS shared folder. Because of the feedback, we have added partial WHS shared folder support to this release, please see http://www.drivebender.com/whsbeta1 for details. It needs to noted that this is not how the finally release will work, it simply here to provide WHS users with better integration during the beta period.

You can download from the Drive Bender website.

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By on April 13th, 2011

KeepVault Giveaway – Day 3

Its day 3 of our KeepVault Giveaway, and we have another KeepVault Pro 40GB account to give to one lucky person today.

KeepVault Backup Pro v4

For your chance to win todays copy, we want you to tell us why using KeepVault with Windows Home Server is the ideal combination. Just leave your reason in the comments below and one winner will be chosen from the best answers submitted – Good Luck!

KeepVault is an online backup provider who provide an add-in for WHS users enabling them to backup their server to the cloud, more information is available from here.

UPDATE: Day 3 of the KeepVault Giveaway competition is now closed.

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By on April 13th, 2011

VS-4HA Colorado Edition from Viridian PC

UK based Viridian PC are now offering WHS2011 hardware for pre-order known as the VS-4HA Colorado Edition.

VS-4HA Front

Using the latest dual-core Intel Atom processors these Home Servers utilize the Intel ICH9R chipset and only draw around 30W when coupled with green hard drives. The VS-4HA Colorado Edition is available in 4 configurations, from no hard drives installed up to a massive 12TB unit.

With 2Gb of DDR3 memory (4Gb on the 12Tb model), these small servers can hold 4 SATA hot-swap drives and feature an internal 2.5" disk drive for the operating system. The units can be further expanded thanks to the 4 x USB 2.0 (2 front & 2 Rear) connectors plus an e-SATA port with port multiplication if required.

VS-4HA Back

These servers also come with features not typically found on a typical small home server, such as:

  • Full hardware based remote management with KVM over IP and virtual media, which allows the user to perform any task necessary on the server from a different PC even including BIOS changes and OS installation.
  • Dual Intel server class network adapters that allow advanced features like teaming and redundancy.
  • Type A USB connector on the motherboard for booting from a memory stick.

All units can be ordered with a mirrored HDD option and can be configured in RAID 5 or 10 for data redundancy and have onboard graphics utilizing a Matrox G200eW chipset.

VS-4HA Mirrored HDD Option

The VS4HA Colorado Edition is planned to launch as soon as Windows Home Server 2011 is available for sale, with prices expected to start at £525 for the 0Tb model up to £1300 for the 12Tb model. However, at the moment pre-order discounts of up to £100 are available

Viridian PC have stated that other Colorado Edition servers will be released over the next few months, featuring not only the Intel Atom processor, but also low-power Core i3, Core i5 and Xeon processors and storage of up to a staggering 60Tb. All will share the common features of dual Intel server-class network adaptors, IPMI remote management, dedicated hard drive(s) for the operating system and RAID 5 capable data arrays.

VS-4HA Open

Although a new company, Viridian PC Systems Ltd (who are based in NW England) was founded with a mission to deliver the best range of home and small business servers in the world, and it looks like with their first offering in the form of the VS-4HA, they could be on the way to achieving that.

VS-4HA Colorado Edition specifications:

  • CPU : Intel Atom D525, 1.8 GHz, dual core, 64bit, 1MB cache
  • Chipset : Intel ICH9R
  • Memory : 2Gb DDR3 800MHz SO-DIMM (max 4GB) – (4Gb on the 12Tb model)
  • Networking :  2 x Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN ports
  • Storage : 4 x 3.5” SATA hot-swap drives (1Tb, 2Tb or 3Tb each dependent on model), 1 x 2.5” 160Gb internal hard drive
  • USB : 4 x USB 2.0 (2 front & 2 Rear)
  • Remote Management : IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) v1.5 / 2.0 with Virtual Media and KVM support
  • Power supply : 200w
  • Physical dimensions : 9.85” x 7.88” x 11.82” (H x W x D)
  • 1 year return-to-base warranty as standard.

More information is available from Viridian PC.

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By on April 12th, 2011

KeepVault Giveaway – Day 2

Its day 2 and we have another KeepVault Pro 40GB account to give away to one lucky person today.

KeepVault Pro for Windows Home Server enables you to backup your WHS data to the cloud securely using 256bit encryption before transmission to secure Tier3+ online backup servers which are located in geographically safe ? in the USA. And KeepVault being KeepVault you are even able to choose your own encryption key for maximum security.

KeepVault Encryption

So, if you haven’t gathered already todays question is, where in the USA are KeepVault’s secure Tier3+ online backup servers located. Answers to competition@mswhs.com and good luck!

More details on KeepVault are available from here.

UPDATE: Day 2 of the KeepVault Giveaway competition is now closed.

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By on April 12th, 2011

It’s Your Chance to Become Part of MSWHS.com

MSWHS.com is currently looking to add a few more writers to the team. Our goal is to be the #1 Windows Home Server site, but we can’t do it without your help!

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To be part of the team, here are some of the conditions:

  • You must use Windows Home Server v1 or WHS2011 or BOTH to manage your backup and storage needs.
  • Be interested and passionate about WHS and its related technologies in general
  • Be proficient in English
  • Able to submit at least one article per week of at least 150+ words

REMEMBER – Writing skills are not essential BUT enthusiasm is!

We are specifically looking for writers to write tutorials and add-in reviews but are also welcoming anyone that wishes to write about WHS news too, or other Windows Home Server related topics. News writers will be required to stay on top of the Windows Home Server scene and report on news as it happens.

The Perks:

  • Press-pass entry to conferences
  • Software freebies
  • Name recognition for writing for the web’s largest dedicated Windows Home Server resource

If that’s you, then you can contact us at philipchurchill at mswhs dot com with the following details:

  • Your name
  • Details on when you are available to write
  • What you are interested in writing about
  • Short writing style sample, being sure to show us your personality and creativity.

We will read all applications, but due to the large volume of emails we receive, we may not be able to reply to every applicant.

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By on April 12th, 2011

Add-In: My Movies for Windows Home Server 1.6.1.5 Pre Release

The pre release version of My Movies for Windows Home Server has had another update.

My Movies Monitor Overview

Version 1.6.1.5 Pre Release has had an update to follow database version of 3.19 Pre Release 4.

My Movies for Windows Home Server is a special build of My Movies specifically for Windows Home Server. It can function as a My Movies server for My Movies clients, or it can function as a data provider for Media Center’s movie library, media players such as Dune, TViX or products such as XBMC, Media Portal, Sage TV, Niveus Movie Library and many other. It contains a fully automated disc copier for DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray titles, as well as a disc copier for audio discs, that allows automated ripping of CD’s to MP3, WMA, WMA Lossless, Flac or WAV.

More details are available from here.

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By on April 11th, 2011

KeepVault Giveaway – Day 1

This week courtesy of online backup provider KeepVault, we will be giving away a copy of KeepVault Pro Version 4 everyday Monday through to Friday.

KeepVault 4 Online Backup

Via their add-in, KeepVault enables you backup your Home Server to the cloud as well as locally, offering secure real-time protection that grows along with your servers needs.

Each 40GB Pro version which we have up for grabs is valued at $163, that’s a total prize fund worth in excess of $800. So for your chance to win todays copy we have the following question for you:

KeepVault provides high speed uploads of up to 2Mbit per second, but KeepVault Pro provides an even higher ultra speed upload of up to ?Mbit per second. What is that speed?

Answers to competition@mswhs.com One winner will be chosen out of all the correct entries received – Good Luck!

HINT: More details on KeepVault are available from here.

UPDATE: Day 1 of the KeepVault Giveaway competition is now closed.

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