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The Home Server Show 173

The Home Server Show 173

What do we have here?  Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows 8 Server Beta.  That’s what we have!  These two products were released for download a few hours before the recording of this show and we have both loaded up to go over as well as some news on Windows Home Server, Add-In’s, and a [...]

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The Home Server Show 172

The Home Server Show 172

We have been away for two weeks and there are a lot of news items to catch up on.  We’ll also go over UR2 and some issues found with it and Jim troubleshoots a WHS 2011 issues during the show.  It’s good to be back!  Enjoy. Sponsor: GoToMeeting with HD Faces makes it easy to [...]

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The Home Server Show 171

The Home Server Show 171

Awesome show for you this week.  Patrick Kennedy from servethehome.com joins us to talk about networking gear, hard drives, motherboards, his site, and his gear.  It’s a hardware show for sure.  Patrick has a lot of knowledge in the area and we hit him with a ton of questions. There is also a ton of [...]

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The Home Server Show 170

The Home Server Show 170

Slow news week for Windows Home Server enthusiasts but there is plenty of talk about Synology and Windows 8 Storage Spaces.  Greg Welch, aka @WelchWerks, joins us to talk about his atypical “Home” server and it’s role in his household.  @Dieharder takes a week off and @jcollison needs a tissue.  All this pfSense, Untangle, a [...]

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The Home Server Show 169

The Home Server Show 169

It’s the first podcast after returning from CES 2012 and we have a wrap for you.  Don’t worry though, we keep the CES talk short because there are other matters to attend to.  Windows 8 and Storage Spaces.  We dive deep into a blog post about Windows 8 and how the new Storage Spaces works.  [...]

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The Home Server Show 168

The Home Server Show 168

On the road again.  Jim Skype’d in from the road and John and I try to hold it together while we discuss the week’s storage news and give a preview of all we will cover at CES 2012.  Look for more information on CES coverage here on the blog, forums, and on Twitter. Sponsor: MozyPro [...]

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The Home Server Show 167

The Home Server Show 167

The Home Server Show crew has a special treat for you as we say goodbye to 2011 and hello to 2012.  John, Jim, and Dave discuss some news for the first half and then Jim and DVN interview the developer of the Drobo for WHS add-in.  It’s a good listen even if your a Drobo [...]

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The Home Server Show 166

The Home Server Show 166

Microservers, CES and Microsoft, hard drives, and more.  We tried to keep this pre-Christmas episode short for you.  See you after the holidays and we wish you all a Merry Christmas. It was a rocky start to this episode! Google+ video let us down and audio issues plagued us from the beginning. It turned out [...]

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The Home Server Show 165

The Home Server Show 165

A new debate.  Windows Home Server 2011 vs. Windows 8 Server.  A Microserver update, news, flash storage, and more.  Enjoy 165. Sponsor: Audible.com 14 day free trial. Get yours today at http://audiblepodcast.com/homeserver Links and News Items mentioned on the show: Stablebit Drive Pool almost done Grid Junction for Windows Home Server 2011 Drive Bender Update [...]

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The Home Server Show 164

The Home Server Show 164

Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW and Mike Faucher from BYOB join Dave, John, and Jim to discuss backup issues, cloud storage, and backup strategies.  This is a heavy dose of backup with very little news discussion.  Enjoy Sponsor: Audible.com 14 day free trial. Get yours today at http://audiblepodcast.com/homeserver Sponsor: GoToMeeting with HD Faces makes it easy [...]

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