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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Logitech Link, iOS5, Corsair has more new gear, and answer the question: rack or not? While helping a listener with his huge home build. AMD Bulldozer does it push Intel out of the top slot? It’s a big fat one on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Sponsor: GoToMeeting with HD Faces makes it easy to collaborate [...]
This week our guest is Greg Welch (Welchworks). We go over his extensive and impressive home network that include WHS servers, Hyper-V virtual machines, HTPCs, Home Automation and more on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Remember you can view this show at: http://www.livestream.com/byobpodcast Join us on “livestream” next Monday at 8:00 PM (pacific time) for BYOB [...]
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 [...]
Timekills returns with an update on SSD cahing, Asus k53E review, Llano or i3 HTPC? Corsair Force GT SSD. On this weeks BYOB Podcast SSD Cache Testing Steve (aka Timekills) returns to update us on his test results using a Z68 board with SSD caching. Cheap Laptop? This One Doesn’t Suck! Michael went looking for [...]
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