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Performance Comparison of Rumored HP ProLiant G8 MicroServer CPU’s G630T & G530T
By: John Stutsman When I saw CSKenney’s thread HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer Leaked Specs on the Home Server Show Forums one of the first questions I had was how did the “rumored” CPU’s for the G8 MicroServer compared to previous MicroServer’s and Home Servers. The purpose of this report is to update the results in [...]
Category: HP Microserver
Setting up users and shares on the QNAP TS-269L
In part 1 of my review of the QNAP TS-269L I did the unboxing and initial setup here. In part 2 of my review I want to show you how easy it is to set up users and shares with the help of wizards that QNAP has created in their software. I will introduce you [...]
Category: Review, Windows Home Server
Performance Comparison of a Modified HP EX-487 and the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer & the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer
By: John Stutsman After working with Intel’s NAS Performance Toolkit in testing the performance of the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer (“N40L”) and the HP ProLiant N54L MicroServer (“N54L”) I became curious to see how my HP Media Smart Server EX-487, which had been modified up from Stock, would perform compared to the MicroServer’s. Note: [...]
Category: Drive Extender, Hard Drives, HP Microserver, Review, SSD, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011, WIndows Server 2012 Essentials
Performance Comparison of Windows Home Server 2011 on the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer & HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer
By: John Stutsman After posting Performance Comparison of Windows Server 2012 Essentials on the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer I wanted to continue with similar performance tests of Windows Home Server 2011 (“WHS-2011”). The NAS Performance Toolkit (“NASPT”) v1.7.1 is the same test as described in the previous posting [...]
Category: Hard Drives, HP Microserver, Review, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011, WIndows Server 2012 Essentials
BYOB Episode 121
Kevin Schoonover joins the BYOB crew this week for an all rants n raves episode. Some new cloud storage services. PlayOn Cloud Storage – Two New Players Copy.com Bitcasa PlayOn Media Streaming – Re-Revisted PlayOn DLNA Service Router Woes I got the firewall blues. The ZyXell might be traded down for a more consumer [...]
Category: BYOB, Windows Home Server
Drobo Meetup with Jim Collison on Home Server Show 224
You thought The Home Server Show took the week off didn’t you? Well, @jcollison didn’t and he has a short podcast for you live from the Drobo Meetup. My thanks to Dennis, Greg, and Jim! Enjoy and don’t forget to RSVP to the Third Annual HSS, SurfaceGeeks, AverageGuy Meetup! Meetup 2013 has a date and [...]
Category: Podcast, Windows Home Server
Moving my Windows Home Server 2011 to the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer
By: John Stutsman Last July, 2012, I wrote about how I Installed Windows Home Server 2011 on a 60GB SSD in a HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and using that as my primary home server. More recently in March, 2013, I wrote about Updating my Windows Home Server 2011 installed on the HP ProLiant N40L [...]
Category: HP Microserver, Review, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011
Streaming Mega Episode on Home Server Show
Richard Gunther from The Digital Media Zone joins me to talk streaming services and devices. We are tossing a very wide net on this show in order to come up with what might be the best hardware and services for streaming of TV and Movies whether they are rented or your own. Richard Gunther @whatimpressesme [...]
Category: Podcast, Windows Home Server
BYOB Episode 120
Haswell and Durango are, and we’re excited! Seagate central. Automatic will it improve your gas mileage and make you a better driver? We discuss RAID, HDDs, SSDs and storage configuration. NEWS – The Big Stories! Next Gen XBOX announcement May 21 Intel Haswell CPUs Slated for release June 3 Hardware – Some Nifty Gizmos Seagate [...]
Category: BYOB, Windows Home Server
Performance Comparison of Windows Server 2012 Essentials on the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer
By: John Stutsman One of the things I wanted to do with the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer was compare it’s performance to its predecessor HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer. In a previous writing I compared the rated performance of the CPU’s that showed the N54L scoring 43% higher than the N40L on benchmark tests accumulated [...]
Category: HP Microserver, Review, WIndows Server 2012 Essentials
