Home Server Show

The Home Server Show 3 - Donavon West

This week’s show includes an interview with Donavon West of HomeServerHacks.Com. We go over everything from hardware upgrades to information on his lastest promotion. Don’t forget to e-mail the show and let me know if you have questions or comments.

HP MediaSmart 512KB to 2GB Memory Upgrade

Build a $400 Windows Home Server

Add external 4 Terabyte Drive

LiveGadgets.net

Traffic Gadget

ShareMaster Gadget for Windows Home Server

Window Home Sever Blogs Gadget

Donavon West’s Personal Home Page

Next Week: Allen Buckner, HP’s Senior Product Manager for the Managed Home Division

 

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External SATA Storage Hub

Engadget readers may have seen the SATA HDD Multi-Function Dock (USB + ESATA) in a recent post.  This may not be perfect for a Windows Home Server but still looks handy as a hard drive dock.

# Features: Supports both S-ATA 2.5″ HDD and 3.5″ HDD
# PC connection: USB 2.0 / ESATA
# 2-port USB hub
# 4-Slot Card Reader
# Support Windows VISTA, XP and Mac OS
# Dimension: 130 x 120 x 68mm (approx.)
# Weight: 475g

Support Card Types:
# SD / SDHC / *Mini SD / *Mini SDHC / *T-Flash Card / *Micro SD
# MMC / MMC-II / RS MMC / MMC Plus / MMC Plus Turbo / MMC Mobile/Mobile-ProC
# Compact Flash / XD
# Memory Stick / Memory Stick MagicGate / Memory Stick Pro / Memory Stick Duo / *Memory Stick Pro Duo / *Memory Stick MagicGate Puo / *Memory Stick MagicGate Duo / *Memory Stick micro (M2)
(* means Adapter is required)

Package Contents:
# SATA HDD Multi-Function Dock (USB + ESATA)
# Universal AC Adapter
# Power Cable
# USB Cable
# ESATA Cable
**Hard Disk Drive is not included

You can purchase direct from USB.Brando.com.hk.

Seagate 750Gb for $110 Free Shipping but Hurry!

I don’t know about you but I like deals! I follow a few deal sites every now and then and ran across this one.

Seagate 750GB Serial ATA/300 16MB Buffer ST3750640AS-RK - Retail Hard Drive Kit

Shipping from Fry’s is free but looks like the deal won’t last long. I don’t own one so I don’t know it’s performance.

NewEgg.com has the WD 640 that I know is fast! It’s an OEM drive and will show up in typical Newegg style (bubblewrap). I’ve never had a bad drive from Newegg though!

If you like the deals let me know. I guess if you don’t like ‘em you can yell at me. I try to keep them related to the subject as much as possible.

Dave

PP1 Public Beta Soon

Phillip Churchill over at MSWHS.com is reporting that the PP1 Beta should be released in a couple of weeks. In our second podcast we discussed signing up for Microsoft Connect so you can be notified of the beta release. Sign up for Microsoft Connect now. Stay tuned for more information and discussion on this public beta.

The Home Server Show 2 - Terry Walsh

This week’s show covers news, Add-in updates for Windows Home Server, and an interview with Terry Walsh of Wegotserved.co.uk.

Show Notes
E-mail the show - homeserver@myconnexx.com
Website Address - www.homeservershow.com
http://www.mediasmarthome.com/home Added to the Blog Roll
Add-In Roundup – Read about F-Secure, SageTV, WHS Mobile, Drive Labeler, and Event Viewer at http://www.wegotserved.co.uk
Interview with Terry Walsh of WeGotServed.
Link to Microsoft Technical Brief on WHS Backups
Link to Microsoft Knowledge Base article on the data corruption bug(KB946676)

 

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Inaugural Podcast Follow up

A big thanks goes out to all that have downloaded and subscribed to the feeds. Thank you very much. I have received positive e-mail about show 1 so I look forward to # 2.
Speaking of future shows…if you have a review or site you would like to see on a future podcast please get in touch with me. E-mail and participation will drive the show forward so send in those e-mails. Sound off and voice your opinion as well.

Changes soon

The website should be going through a makeover soon. This Wordpress theme is only out here in order to get the podcast out. I wanted to put the effort into the show and work on the back end items last. I have some domain issues to sort out as well.
I like the new look on the WGS site. Click over to take a look. I was looking at those same themes for my WP based blog. Very nice touch.

That’s it. Nothing spectacular to report. Check the Blog Roll sites on the right side for latest WHS news. There is new talk on PP1. If you have questions or comments on news items email me and I’ll get them on the podcast.

Thanks everybody.

Dave

Home Server Show Podcast # 1

Inaugural Podcast

Today’s show is mostly an introduction to the show but includes an interview with Ian Dixon from the Media Center Show. Topics include Windows Home Server, Add-Ins, etc.

 

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Podcast Alley Update

The Home Server Show can now be found on Podcast Alley.

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Whole House Music Distribution via Nuvo and Windows Home Server “CE Pro Article “

Nuvo and S1Digital showcased a multiroom audio solution at EHX Spring 2008 that uses Windows Home Server as it’s back end data storage. What is interesting is that the S1Digital WHS uses a sound card to output the streams. I knew that S1Digital had an upcoming WHS but don’t recall any mention of this configuration.

The CE Pro article can be found here.

There is a related slideshow showing all the goods.

Graphics Set for The Home Server Show

The Home Server Show is putting word out to all you graphic and Photoshop gurus. Admittedly, I am terrible at making any sort of graphic to support a website. I can take a photo and doctor it up a bit but that’s all. Create anything original? Not happening. So, I put it to the community. Anyone care to donate some time to the cause?
The show could use a standard theme. A banner, a 300×300 pixel box, a 144×144 pixel box, and an icon for the web browser(favicon.ico). I do have some photos of the MediaSmart Server if that would help. Mostly close-up shots of the bottom front panel. I was hoping to incorporate that into the theme. Send your ideas to homeserver The mail domain is myconnexx.com.