Here are some of the highlights of day 1 one at CES. Make sure you check out Part 2 for some case action. Thunderbolt. WD showed off their 6T x 4 (24T) Thunderbolt setup. Each box is configured in a RAID 0, and all 4 boxes are RAIDED via Thunderbolt. Check out the benchmarks. Video [...]
Data Recovery, Encryption, and Hard Drives. Tonight we have the pleasure of being joined by Scott Moulton owner/founder of myharddrivedied.com. We had a blast and learned an incredible amount about data recovery, hard drives, SSDs, and encryption. We would like to thank Scott for spending time with us and for doing a fantastic job educating [...]
SkyDrive on mobile, the ESXi saga begins, Fractal Define R3 case, HTC Titan/Focus S/iPhone4S/Skyrocket comments, Xbox has a new console and Cord cutting has a setback. Its BYOB show 71. SkyDrive Tim reviews SkyDrive for iOS and Michael does the same for WP7 ESXi the other VM white meat Mike begins his exploration into ESXi [...]
Cloning with Acronis, WHS on an SSD. Arcsoft Media Converter, #60 has a new Dashboard and Windows 8 Rumors? All on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Acronis to Clone the OS for WHS2011 Disk Director 11 Hardware Turncoat Mike uses Acronis to shrink his WHS2011 install and installs it onto an SSD. Sometimes pigs really can [...]
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 [...]
Kindle Fire, WD Sentinel, Whs2011+Acronis and we revisit the WDTV+ Live Hub. This week on the BYOB Podcast. Kindle Fire Is it Hot or Cold? Tim reviews his new kindle fire Kindle Fire WD Sentinel DX4000 Tim Reviews the Western Digital DX4000 which provides Windows Storage Server 2011 R2 Essentials, GigE, USB 3, and 4-8TB [...]
This episode contains two big debates. The first is should you use an SSD drive as your Windows Home Server operating system drive. The second is running Windows Home Server in a virtual environment or running other servers in a VM on your WHS 2011 server. There might not be a right answer to these [...]
When I found out about this concept initially through an ad, and more recently reminded by a post in the forums, I decided I would give this a try. On paper it seemed like a technology that blends the benefits of the Z68 chipset without the need for re-installing the OS and without being forced [...]
Written By: Timekills Does SSD caching, as enabled by the Intel Z68 chipset, speed up operations in a Hyper-V (virtualized) client on a Server 2008R2 host? The argument against using an SSD as a cache when using a motherboard with Intel’s new Z68 chipset is difficult to rebut. If you are using the system as [...]
Today we spend some time talking to Steve Dail (aka: Timekills) from our forums. We walk through his VM build, network, and HTPC. We also cover some SSD stuff and Tim talks about the new line up of Z68 boards from EVGA. Lanspeed Test http://download.cnet.com/LAN-Speed-Test/3000-2085_4-10908738.html http://www.totusoft.com/lanspeed1.html AnandTech SSD article http://www.anandtech.com/show/4604/the-sandforce-roundup-corsair-patriot-ocz-owc-memoright-ssds-compared/1 eVGA Z68 http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?switch=5 Netgear XAV5001 and 5004. [...]
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