The How-To Geek website has posted part 1 of it’s setting up WHS Series on their blog. Entitled the un-boxing, it lets us take a closer look at the Windows Home Server unit from Velocity Micro.
Read it here.
Tom’s Guide (part of Tom’s Hardware) has a ten page streaming digital media head to head. The HP MediaSmart Server EX475 vs The LaCie Ethernet Disk mini – Home Edition.
For all the details including the Pros, Cons, Conclusions and Recommendations give it a read here.
The add-in which helps you identify the physical disk you’re working with in the Windows Home Server Console has been updated. Version 1.0.7.3 of the Windows Home Server Disk Management Add-In has the following fixes:
More information is available from here.
A copy of Windows Home Server is available from Newegg for $149.99 (after promo code) with FREE 3 business day shipping. From this page add to cart and apply the promo code MICROSOFT42810 but be quick as the promotional code expires 12th May.
The add-in Advanced Admin Console has been upgraded to version 0.4.0 Beta to include the following new features:
Check out Andreas’ Space for more information.
If you are interested in more details on the SCALEO Power Management (SPM) which is integrated within the Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO Home Server then this may be of interest to you.
Available to view on their website, the information can be found half-way down on the right hand side entitled “SCALEO Power Management”.
Thanks to the German language home server blog for the details.
Alexandra Kent the creator of the add-in Vista Caller-ID has another add-in up his sleeves.
Since a UPS is basically not really supported on Windows Home Server Alex is creating “GridJunction” a battery backup/UPS management add-in that integrates into the WHS console and issues power alerts and can safely shut-down the Home Server if desired when the battery level hits a preset threshold.
The add-in will monitor the state of any UPS connected via either USB (on say the HP MediaSmart) or even any Serial port for homebuild WHS and or legacy UPS’s. If the WHS switches to battery power (i.e. lead unplugged, no power etc) it will use the WHS Notification system to broadcast a network wide message something like “Attention your Home Server is running on Battery Power. Time Remaining 34 minutes” – in say YELLOW, then if a certain threshold has been reached for instance 30% battery remaining; another system wide message but in RED will be broadcast saying “Your Home Server battery is low and is safely shutting down” etc.
“GridJunction” will be available at a future date, so if you have any opinions, comments or ideas on this add-in please leave a comment to this post.
Another Windows Vista Sidebar gadget for Windows Home Server users. This two in one gadget enables quick access to the shared files by clicking on one of the six icons which will open Windows Explorer to the share in question.
The other feature is the ability to to drag and drop files onto the gadget’s various icons and thus into the appropriate share automatically.
There are two types of people in the world. Those who HAVE lost data, and those that WILL. Which are type of person are you?
That is a great statement and I am in the same category as the author of the article Paul Hammond, in that I HAVE LOST data.
Paul’s article is a great read and he concludes by saying:
WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOU DO WITH YOUR COMPUTER, WHATEVER FILES YOU HAVE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP STRATEGY THAT SAFEGUARDS *ALL* OF YOUR DATA. Do it now. Turn the TV off, and get working.
Read it here.
As I am sure you are aware, you do not need a DVD drive in your Windows Home Server case as the operating system is headless (no mouse, monitor, keyboard etc). So how do you install Home Server if their is no DVD drive? Easy, if you follow the guide on We Got Served. Turn Your USB Flash Drive into a Windows Install Disk explains how to install Windows Home Server from a USB flash drive, which I am sure many of us have lying around.
