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The Home Server Show 170
Slow news week for Windows Home Server enthusiasts but there is plenty of talk about Synology and Windows 8 Storage Spaces. Greg Welch, aka @WelchWerks, joins us to talk about his atypical “Home” server and it’s role in his household. @Dieharder takes a week off and @jcollison needs a tissue. All this pfSense, Untangle, a [...]
Category: Podcast, Windows Home Server
WD Livewire Powerline Adapters
When I was at CES 2012 I got an opportunity to attend the WD event at Caesars Palace. During the event they had a drawing and as luck would have it, I won these WD powerline adapters. Powerline adapters have never been my favorite and not long ago I went around the block with several [...]
Category: BYOB Hardware, Windows Home Server
BYOB Podcast 74
This week we comment on what CES 2012 had to offer. Thunderbolt, Highpoint hybrid RAID, Fractal & LianLi, Passive 3D, Smart TVs and Ceton Q and Echo. What’s up with Netflix? On this weeks BYOB Podcast CES 2012 Western Digital My Book Thunder bolt Synology NAS or is it a SAN? Highpoint RocketHybrid RAID controller [...]
Category: BYOB, Windows Home Server
The Home Server Show 169
It’s the first podcast after returning from CES 2012 and we have a wrap for you. Don’t worry though, we keep the CES talk short because there are other matters to attend to. Windows 8 and Storage Spaces. We dive deep into a blog post about Windows 8 and how the new Storage Spaces works. [...]
Category: Podcast, Windows Home Server
Synology DSM 4 Beta Walkthrough
There was plenty to see and do at CES 2012 but one of the booth tours that I really enjoyed was the Synology booth. Here is a quick video of the DSM 4 Beta walkthrough. If you own a Synology box you too can try out the new beta. Check here for more information. Remember [...]
Category: Windows Home Server
Synology DiskStation Manager 4.0 beta Live
The Synology DSM 4.0 beta. You saw the Home Server Show crew bring it to you first. You have read the blogs, seen the dead links, seen the “coming soon” links and now the 4.0 beta is ready to download! Jump to this page to get started. We have also added a dedicated section to [...]
Category: Windows Home Server
CES 2012: ioSafe shocks the Rugged Portable Thunderbolt
ioSafe has never been shy when it comes to testing their own gear to the extreme. Neither has Home Server Show for that matter! I hope you remember my ‘unauthorized’ backyard burn of the ioSafe Solo. If not maybe you need to catch up. Here it is on YouTube. At CES 2010 ioSafe destroyed the [...]
Category: Windows Home Server
CES Day 2
Today was short day for me as I was not able to get to the show till after lunch. Despite the short stay, I saw some pretty cool stuff. Sony demos working DLNA. First DLNA demo I have seen that seems to work as well as Air Play. Samsun shows off their super OLED [...]
Category: BYOB Hardware, Windows Home Server
HSS is “All In” with Xtreme Systems Poker Tournament
Xtreme Systems is holding a poker tournament today at 7:00PM and I’m registered to play. The event is sponsored by: ASUS Corsair Gigabyte OCZ MSi Theraltake Swiftech Kingston Cyperpower Koolance FrozenCPU, Inc. The prize list is huge for the winner and there will be a bounty on the heads of manufacturers that get knocked [...]
Category: Windows Home Server
CES 2012 –Day 1-Part 1
Here are some of the highlights of day 1 one at CES. Make sure you check out Part 2 for some case action. Thunderbolt. WD showed off their 6T x 4 (24T) Thunderbolt setup. Each box is configured in a RAID 0, and all 4 boxes are RAIDED via Thunderbolt. Check out the benchmarks. Video [...]
Category: BYOB Hardware, Windows Home Server
