HP Tech Talk is a weekly webcast with Andy McCaskey from SDRnews, and this week’s edition features the new HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer.
In this 14 minute video Andy talks with Greg Starks from our ProLiant team and Greg shares some insights about the new Gen8:
StableBit DrivePool for WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials has been updated to version 1.3.3.7563.
This release is the same as the last RC but is now final:
You can download this final release from here, and you can also find a blog post on this release here too.
HP have announced the PS1810-8G Switch for the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8.
The PS1810-8G Switch was designed with small businesses in mind and is an easy-to-use, affordable solution. Custom designed to work with the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, this 8-port switch has an innovative design that allows it to physically stack on the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, helping you save valuable office space.
The PS1810-8GS has many other features that make it ideal for office deployment, including a fanless design and the latest energy-saving capabilities—Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and idle-port power down. Making it a perfect match for the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8, the PS1810-8G has built in technology that will enable automatic discovery of ProLiant Gen8 Servers. In addition, this switch offers many customizable features including VLANs, Spanning Tree, and link aggregation trunking, and can optionally be powered by an upstream Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch.
More information on the PS1810-8G Switch can be found here, which is available for around $150.
Episode 127 of the BYOB podcast is available:
…Michael Martis and I talk about a variety of short topics. We get into some hardware and even cell phone plans.
You can find episode 127 here.
The beta build of StableBit DrivePool for WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials has had an update.
Version 1.3.3.7563 RC has the following change log:
You can download this release from here.
The beta version of My Movies Home and Essentials Server Solution for users of WHS2011 and WS2012 Essentials has had an update.
Version 2.14 PR4 has the following changes:
This version can be downloaded from here.
Episode 231 of "The Home Server show" is available with alternative backup ideas:
“I’ve got an alternative backup idea for you and will share that as well as a little follow up on last week’s show. A lot going on in the forums and we will talk about some posts…”
You can find episode 231 here.
TechNet have a virtual lab on deploying and managing your small business with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials:
In the first part of this 2-part lab, you will deploy and configure a server with the Windows Server Essentials Experience role. There are two paths for this lab – deploying and configuring through the Server Manager UX, or deploying and configuring via Windows PowerShell.
In the second part, you will learn how the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard provides an easy way to manage users, groups, and devices in the network. In this part of the lab, you will explore the dashboard to learn about some of the management capabilities that are offered by the Dashboard that make it ideal for organizations that may not have experienced full-time IT administrative staff to manage day-to-day network operations.
The lab is estimated to take 90 minutes to complete and can be found here, alongside the 21 page manual.
Linus techtips has a great video on the IOSafe N2 fireproof & waterproof NAS.
In this unboxing and overview video they explain the technology which keeps the box safe from fire for 30 minutes, giving time for the fire department to arrive and distinguish the fire and whilst they are using their hoses the IOSafe N2 is also protected from the water too.
The beta build of StableBit DrivePool for WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials has been updated.
Version 1.3.3.7558 RC has the following change log:
You can download this beta release from here.
