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 [...]
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 [...]
We had some great conversations with the folks from Lian-Li and Fractal. Lian-Li has over 8 new cases being release that will be available around April. This one is pretty interesting. Can you say HPTC or firewall router? The Fractal cases on display where not new models but I [...]
In a recent conversation with Jim Collision on the benefits of using AllwaySync, he pointed out after reading the feature list for AllwaySync, that it contained integration into SkyDrive. Something I had missed despite being a heavy user for years. As you know, SkyDrive gives you 25 Gigs of storage, but offers very few tools [...]
I’ve been looking to beef up the performance of my gaming machine. Patiently I waited for the new offerings from AMD & nVidia. AMD finally coughed up the 7970 which will MSRP for $550. Ouch! nVidia’s offering is too far away right now. Given that a single 7970 wasn’t going to cut it for my [...]
OK, I take back all the grief I told everyone on the forums about using an SSD in a Windows Home Server. That being said, this is probably not for everyone but if you have a spare SSD it is worth considering. Okay let me set up the background of the experiment for you. Since I [...]
Kindle Fire, WD Sentinel, Whs2011+Acronis and we revisit the WDTV+ Live Hub. This week on the BYOB Podcast. Kindle Fire Is it Hot or Cold? Tim reviews his new kindle fire Kindle Fire WD Sentinel DX4000 Tim Reviews the Western Digital DX4000 which provides Windows Storage Server 2011 R2 Essentials, GigE, USB 3, and 4-8TB [...]
Written By: Timekills Does SSD caching, as enabled by the Intel Z68 chipset, speed up operations in a Hyper-V (virtualized) client on a Server 2008R2 host? The argument against using an SSD as a cache when using a motherboard with Intel’s new Z68 chipset is difficult to rebut. If you are using the system as [...]
I have been reviewing a Drobo in some form or fashion since December 2010. Some reviews have been here and some over at my blog. In November 2010, Microsoft announced that it would remove Drive Extender (DE) from the WHS product. This as already been covered completely here at the Home Server Show site. Since [...]
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