Timothy Daleo has a great video on how to setup the iTunes Server for those of you using the 3.0 software on a HP MediaSmart.
The video shows how to configure the server for iTunes and setup the associated HP Media Collector.
You can find the video here.
The How-To Geek looks at how to enable media streaming in Windows Home Server to Windows Media Player in both Vista and Windows 7.
The tutorial takes you through the process of getting it setup and configured which you can find here.
The Home Server Show podcast episode 81 is out with the latest news and views about all things Home Server.
Its available here.
Borg Custom Audio and Video Ltd take a look at Windows home Server.
The company that specializes in media room, lighting control and automation tells us about what WHS does and looks at the HP MediaSmart too.
I use a Windows Home Server to stream my content to the Apple TV. And to backup all of my computers. And to use as a file server. And a torrent downloading machine. What else… Oh yes, I have it setup to automatically connect to my website and back it up on a nightly basis as well. That’s what I do with my WHS.
You can read it here.
Digital Home Thoughts is reporting that online backup provider Mozy is nearing completion of a Windows Home Server add-in.
Every few months writer Jason Dunn emails Mozy to ask them to create a version of their software for the Windows Home Server platform. Imagine his surprise when they responded with this email:
"Our Research team is working to develop a client for Windows Home Server for MozyHome customers. Once it is developed you can switch back to MozyHome and back up Windows Home Server."
They also added that it "should be launched very shortly."
From DigitalHomeThoughts.com.
UPDATE: Website Online Backup Review are reporting that this information is incorrect, as they got the following email from Mozy:
Mozy supports Windows (Home) Server with its MozyPro offering, not MozyHome. We do not have any plans at this time to include server support in our MozyHome offering.
Thanks to reader Dale Branson who directed us to a post on Virtualizing Windows Home Server On Hyper-V.
The post explains how to install and configure Microsoft’s free Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 software and run Windows Home Server on it as a virtual machine.
Its a very detailed post which you can read here.
A new version of the add-in WHSClamAV has been released.
Version 0.1.6 of the free open source add-In for Windows Home Server using the ClamAV Anti-Virus package, includes the following changes:
To get the later working it will be necessary to uninstall ClamWin from the settings tab and reinstall ClamWin after the new Add-In has been installed/updated.
Still to come in later versions:
WHSClamWinnAV can be downloaded from here.
Tranquil PC are asking the question "What data protection policy should you follow?"
Which is a question I am sure you have asked yourself before. Do you either ‘move’ your data files to the duplicated folders on the Windows Home Server, where your data is safe, or do you keep the data files on your PC and rely on the Windows Home Server PC backups facility?
Both scenarios are looked at with examples given to help you decide, which you can read here.
ubergizmo gives us their take on HPs EX495 MediaSmart Server.
Their review goes through setup, the administration interface, the backup and restore process, remote access, data collection and video conversion. And Mac users are catered for with the details on Time Machine support too.
You can read their review here.
One user heard that 32 hard drives was the limit for Windows Home Server, so he decided to try 37 drives.
The result:
But lets be fair here, 37 drives – I actually feel quite sorry for Home Server trying to struggle with that lot!
You can read the full story here.
