By: John Stutsman After working with Intel’s NAS Performance Toolkit in testing the performance of the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer (“N40L”) and the HP ProLiant N54L MicroServer (“N54L”) I became curious to see how my HP Media Smart Server EX-487, which had been modified up from Stock, would perform compared to the MicroServer’s. Note: [...]
By: John Stutsman After posting Performance Comparison of Windows Server 2012 Essentials on the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer I wanted to continue with similar performance tests of Windows Home Server 2011 (“WHS-2011”). The NAS Performance Toolkit (“NASPT”) v1.7.1 is the same test as described in the previous posting [...]
By: John Stutsman Last July, 2012, I wrote about how I Installed Windows Home Server 2011 on a 60GB SSD in a HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and using that as my primary home server. More recently in March, 2013, I wrote about Updating my Windows Home Server 2011 installed on the HP ProLiant N40L [...]
Last July, 2012, I wrote about how I Installed Windows Home Server 2011 on a 60GB SSD in a HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and using that as my primary home server. During Home Server Show 216 I talked about several updates I had done including how I replaced my 60GB OS drive with a [...]
There has been much discussion in the forums with regards to backup. Here is a quick summary of what I am doing to insure the security of my data. This may not work for everyone and may seem extreme to some, but this is what works for me. Having lost data before, I tend to [...]
Your DS211+ will come with a free PC backup software. In this article I’ll be going over installation, backups, and restores with that software, Synology Data Replicator 3. I’ll also look at backing up your Mac and using the Windows Home Server with the DS211+. PC Backups Simple install of the 32 bit program. The [...]
If you ever find you need extra storage for your WHS, one of the cool things you can do is add an external hard drive. If you’re a beginner and aren’t comfortable adding an internal drive, an easy solution is adding an external drive and here’s how. This is another post in the WHS-101 Series. [...]
News is going to be slow until the next beta release of Vail but we do have a couple of items for you. On an exciting note the HSS Forums has opened up to Developers who want to control testing of their Add-Ins. John is back and the ustream chat was lively. AJ joins to [...]
by AJ Peck (aka usacomp2k3) The purpose of this article isn’t to do a backup 101, but rather more of a 201 or 301 perspective. It assumes a general understanding of the user-side of Backups. Basically what we are going to do is take a look at how Microsoft’s Windows Home Server handles backups. This [...]
While we all wait for the perfect Windows Home Server online backup solution, one tried and true method that we can turn to is using an external hard drive. Here we take a quick look at the process. Nowadays a person can pick up a large 1-2 TB hard drive from $100 or less. If [...]
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