Thursday, September 2, 2010

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Acer EasyStore Windows Home Server $299 Free Shipping

September 1, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Deals, Windows Home Server

Get the acer Aspire Easystore Intel Atom 1.6Ghz 2GB 1TB GBLAN 4 Bay Hotswap Windows Home Server for $299 and free shipping!
Use Coupon code EMCYWPZ43 This code expires on 9/6/2010.
The Acer Aspire Easystore H340 is designed to provide users a versatile platform for building a home server and Network Attached Storage (NAS). This compact box [...]

HTC Desire on US Cellular unboxed

August 30, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Windows Home Server

If you were less than thrilled with US Cellular’s first Android powered device you are going to like the HTC Desire.  The Desire is exclusive to USCC in the states but HTC does have a GSM version available for the rest of the world.
Here are some quick specs on the Desire as well as a [...]

How to make use of the Server Storage tab in Windows Home Server

August 19, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Windows Home Server

a guest post from “The Guy”

How To make use of the SERVER STORAGE tab on the Windows Home Server (WHS) console. Many have experienced the joy of the very first time we all connected to our WHS console and started to look around. Today we look at the SERVER STORAGE tab and find out about [...]

ioSafe Announces the SoloPRO: Its Fastest Rugged External Hard Drive

August 18, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Windows Home Server

The ioSafe gang is at it again!  They are answering our request for faster access to their already great line of rugged external drives by adding USB 3.0 and eSATA.  The SoloPRO also ups the ante by offering $2500 towards data recovery services in case you ever have a failure of the drive.  The look [...]

2 TB Solo. MSRP $499.98 – Buy.com deal price $298.99

August 17, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Deals, Windows Home Server

We recently gave away a 1.5TB ioSafe and here is a great deal on a 2TB version.  This deal also comes with 5 years of “ioSafe Data Recovery Service.” That’s 5 years of recovery service should your ioSafe meet any disaster.  Awesome deal.
Get it here at buy.com.

Vail Refreshed Public Preview Available for Download

August 15, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Windows Home Server

Microsoft’s Windows Home Server Team has announced a new download of Windows Home Server Codenamed Vail for public consumption.  The official name is Vail Refreshed Public Preview.

If you would like to download and test this new version you will need to login to Microsoft’s Connect Site. There are some exciting

Register and search on Windows Home [...]

Vail Refreshed Public Preview Screen Shots

August 15, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Windows Home Server

Microsoft has released the public preview of Vail today and I thought I would introduce you to it by showing a few screens of the console.
The following screen shot tour was done on a fresh Vail Refreshed Public Preview install.

The feature that I like.  Remove the OS drive from the drive pool.

Drive Properties

HomeGroup in action.  [...]

Awesome Deals Friday Kill A Watt $13.99!

August 13, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Deals, Windows Home Server

There are deals for everybody in this one.  HP MediaSmart, Kill-A-Watt, hard drives, and more!  HP MediaSmart EX490 is $364.99 and free shipping?  Is this a sign of Vail to come?  I dunno but that is cheap!  Kill A Watt for $13.99 and free shipping too!

HP MediaSmart EX490, Windows Home Server w/ Intel Celeron 2.2 [...]

ioSafe Solo 1.5TB Fireproof drive to be given away!

August 6, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under Windows Home Server

One lucky reader is going to win the ioSafe 1.5 TB drive in our 100th show celebration give away.  It could be you!
And if your not that one lucky person perhaps you will be lucky enough to win one of the 10 T-shirts ioSafe will be giving away as well.

I have one of the 500Gb [...]

Gigabyte P55-USB3 Intel RAID vs. GSATA2 or JMicron RAID in Windows Home Server

August 6, 2010 by Homeserver  
Filed under User Builds, Windows Home Server

The following is a test of the Gigabyte P55-USB3 motherboard’s RAID capabilities.  The hard drives in use are not speed demons.  They are the Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS 250GB 5400 RPM 2.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive.  The real test is to see how the different RAID chipsets on the board perform.  These tests [...]

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