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: [...]
By: John Stutsman I’m always looking at hard drives and ways that I can expand my storage capacity to better organize my systems and backups of those systems. The following is not strictly a review of the FreeAgent GoFlex 4TB or the WD USB 3.0 PCIe Card but more of a chronology of how well [...]
Guest post by forums member: ikon Zalman (http://www.zalman.com/eng/main.asp) is pretty well known for their computer accessories, particularly their CPU and GPU cooling products. Over the past few years they have expanded their line to include cases, power supplies, VGA cards, hard disk enclosures, and others. Recently, Zalman released a 2.5” hard drive enclosure that brings [...]
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 [...]
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