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 [...]
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 [...]
PCDoc has posted a nice set of YouTube videos in the forums on how to create a RAID 5 array for your server. If you are still on the fence on whether or not to migrate away from version 1 and Drive Extender and into the newer 2011 product you might want to take a [...]
It’s no secret that Home Server Show uses ioSafe gear and now there are 3,000,000,000,000 (or 3,298,534,883,328) more reasons to get one for yourself! ioSafe has announced their rugged waterproof and fireproof external drive in a 3 Terabyte version. The SoloPRO will have both eSATA and USB 3.0 enabling fast transfer of your most precious [...]
As I prepared to ready a server that will ultimately be my WHS 2011, I needed a full tower that would hold all the drives I was planning to use. Rather than buy another full tower, I decided that I would make more sense to build a new mini V1 server that would be used [...]
I just watched Tim Daleo’s video on how to install AWIECO’s Remote Launcher Add-In for Windows Home Server 2011. It made me wonder if I could use it to run the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from my Dashboard. First off, watch the video provided by Tim at UWHS. Once you have Remote Launcher installed [...]
Since Windows Home Server 2011 was released without Drive Extender you may be wondering how you are going to protect your data on the server now. One method is to use RAID. I’m not going to get into the fundamentals of RAID in this article but if you want more information you can visit a [...]
The Home Server Show Podcast has managed to get its hands on a Synology DS211+ for review and I plan on doing a few posts for you about it. I’ll be covering the hardware and software that makes it tick. The DSM, which is short for Disk Station Manager, is the brains behind the brawn [...]
The DS411slim is a compact 4-bay NAS that is compatible with only 2.5” drives. Measuring under 5 inches tall and 4 inches wide, the DS411slim looks much like its predecessor, the popular DS409slim. Inside, the DS411slim has been equipped with a 1.6GHz processor and 256MB of RAM, providing solid throughput speed within the small package. [...]
The last two Drobo reviews have been written around the question, “Could you replace Drive Extender in a WHS with a Drobo?” This one will focus on some of the additional features that comes with a Drobo to wrap up the series. I’ll increase the capacity of a Drobo to almost 5TB, spend some time [...]
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