Tag: Virtualization

Project: One

Project: One

Virtualizing the Home So what does a tech nerd do when there are too many PC’s? It’s time to consolidate them into one box. How does one go about building a VM server for the home you ask? To this enthusiast, it would have to be a balance of power and efficiency. Nothing wasted, but [...]

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Replacing Drive Extender

Replacing Drive Extender

In the HomeServerShow.com forums you can find plenty of talk on Drive Extender, Vail, and it’s lack there-of.  One of the more interesting posts I’ve seen lately is titled, “I’m jumping ship.”  Zeeke explains his ideas for replacing Drive extender and other posters have jumped in as well.  Give the whole thread a read and [...]

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BYOB Episode 14

This week we on BYOB Is Intel trying to rip you off? AMD reveals their new Zacate APU. Mike breaks down the basics of Virtual Machines, while Michael and Tim chime in with their opinions. We decided to go easy on our listeners and kept the show a bit shorter this week. We hope you [...]

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Hyper-V virtualization in a flash, drive that is – Part 2

Hyper-V virtualization in a flash, drive that is – Part 2

In part 1, we installed the Hyper-V server to our USB drive, and now in part 2 we’ll bring it to life. Our ingredients for part 2: Hyper-V enabled USB Drive (completed in part 1) Hyper-V MMC Management Plugin used on our 2nd computer to manage the virtual machines we install on our Hyper-V computer. [...]

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Hyper-V virtualization in a flash, drive that is – Part 1

Hyper-V virtualization in a flash, drive that is – Part 1

We’ve been talking about virtualization on the podcast, but how can you really give this a try?  Over the next few articles I’ll try to lay out how you can take several free virtualization tools available and turn them into exciting platforms for WHS and other systems.  In these write-ups I’ll go through how to [...]

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The Home Server Show 68

The Home Server Show 68

The Home Server Show 68 In Today’s show we will be going over news items with John, Jim, and Chris.  I also have two interviews for you.  One is with Nigel Wilks, AKA, Cougar.  He is going to tell us about his new Add-In,WHS Health.  I’ll also be speaking at length with Tom S.  You [...]

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