Category: Windows Home Server

BYOB Episode 76

BYOB Episode 76

AMD Hondo, iHomeserver, D-Link DAP-1522, Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240GB, and Raspberry Pie? Sponsor: GoToMeeting with HD Faces makes it easy to collaborate online anytime. Try it Free! Sponsor: MozyPro Online Backup: Simple, Automatic & Secure Backup http://mozy.com/pro AMD readies Hondo AMD Readies Hondo, a 4.5W APU slated for Windows 8 Tablet later this year. [...]

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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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BYOB Podcast 75

BYOB Podcast 75

Corsair Accelerator Series, Jawbone JamBox, How to be security conscious and why all on this weeks BYOB podcast. Sponsor: GoToMeeting with HD Faces makes it easy to collaborate online anytime. Try it Free! Sponsor: MozyPro Online Backup: Simple, Automatic & Secure Backup http://mozy.com/pro   Corsair SSD Caching drives Accelerator Series Big Sound, Tiny Box Jawbone [...]

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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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WD Livewire Powerline Adapters

WD Livewire Powerline Adapters

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 [...]

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BYOB Podcast 74

BYOB Podcast 74

This week we comment on what CES 2012 had to offer. Thunderbolt, Highpoint hybrid RAID, Fractal & LianLi, Passive 3D, Smart TVs and Ceton Q and Echo. What’s up with Netflix? On this weeks BYOB Podcast CES 2012 Western Digital My Book Thunder bolt Synology NAS or is it a SAN? Highpoint RocketHybrid RAID controller [...]

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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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Synology DSM 4 Beta Walkthrough

Synology DSM 4 Beta Walkthrough

There was plenty to see and do at CES 2012 but one of the booth tours that I really enjoyed was the Synology booth.  Here is a quick video of the DSM 4 Beta walkthrough. If you own a Synology box you too can try out the new beta.  Check here for more information. Remember [...]

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Synology DiskStation Manager 4.0 beta Live

Synology DiskStation Manager 4.0 beta Live

The Synology DSM 4.0 beta.  You saw the Home Server Show crew bring it to you first.  You have read the blogs, seen the dead links, seen the “coming soon” links and now the 4.0 beta is ready to download! Jump to this page to get started.  We have also added a dedicated section to [...]

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CES 2012: ioSafe shocks the Rugged Portable Thunderbolt

CES 2012: ioSafe shocks the Rugged Portable Thunderbolt

ioSafe has never been shy when it comes to testing their own gear to the extreme.  Neither has Home Server Show for that matter!  I hope you remember my ‘unauthorized’ backyard burn of the ioSafe Solo.  If not maybe you need to catch up.  Here it is on YouTube.  At CES 2010 ioSafe destroyed the [...]

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