After finishing up my test build for Windows Server 2012 Essentials (“S2012E”) in a HP N40L ProLiant MicroServer (“MicroServer”) I wanted to continue some of the testing I had started on Storage Spaces in Installing Windows Server 2012 Essentials on a HP N40L ProLiant MicroServer. Contents: HP N40L ProLiant MicroServer Setting up a [...]
After listening to the many discussions and seeing several demonstrations about Windows Server 2012 Essentials (“S2012E”) at the 2nd Annual Home Server Show Meet-Up I decided it was time to get more serious by testing S2012E in a live environment with live data in a HP N40L ProLiant Microserver (“MicroServer”). Contents: HP N40L ProLiant [...]
In preparation for the 2nd Annual Home Server Show Meet-Up this year I was asked to review the Icy Dock 5.25” Hot Swap Drive Caddy for a 2.5” and a 3.5” SATA Hard Drive or SSD — DuoSwap MB971SP-B (“DuoSwap”). Details of the DuoSwap can also be found at Icy Dock’s site. Contents: [...]
I have been testing and using storage spaces on Sever Essentials since its release. I am using it to back up two systems as well as for some Movies, Music, and Photos. Mostly testing and very light use. On Tuesday I got a bit of a surprise I did not expect. Before I get into [...]
The folks at Untangle have released version 9.3 with some exciting changes. They have added a few features that I have been waiting for. First on the list is full tunneling. Something I have been looking for quite some time. The second big feature for me is the new SSD support. It does not support [...]
It is pretty obvious from the amount of people that read my first write up on iHomeserver, that we are still looking for ways of not having to deal with iTunes. When I first started using the program it was pretty good, but as early releases often do, there where some features missing. Since that [...]
Near and dear to my heart has been all the discussion on Storage Spaces. I have tested the Server 2012 and the Window 8 versions for performance as compared to a hardware solution, and have consistently seen lower performance, especially from Windows 8. Now that they have released the beta version of Server 2012 Essentials, [...]
Ever since the initial release of the Windows 8 beta, I have been both excited and confused. It was clear to me this would be revolutionary on a tablet or touch screen, but I have always been a bit confused about the desktop implementation. Now that we are on the Release Preview, I was hoping [...]
No matter what kind of hardware you buy sometimes things go bad. I have been running two servers for quite some time now. One as my Windows Home Server, and the other is Server 2008R2 which I use not only for backup, but use as a Hyper-V server to run a variety of VM’s. As [...]
As I mentioned in part 1, I wanted to upgrade my WHS 2011 server with faster and larger drives. My WHS is becoming more and more the center of everything I do, from streaming content, to syncing my cloud services, to ripping and transcoding movies. As I am increasing the use of my server, I [...]
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