Back in March of the this year I spent some time testing Storage Spaces on the Server 8 Beta, along with the Storage Spaces in Windows 8. As you can see from my prior articles, I was not too impressed with the performance in the earlier versions. Now that they have released new versions, I [...]
Streaming on the road. Air Video is an application for iPhone/iPad/iTouch that works extremely well for streaming directly from a local computer/server, and stream to your portable device. The PC/MAC is used for real-time transcoding and basically pulls content from your computer/server shares and streams it across your house as well as through the broadband [...]
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 [...]
When Microsoft First announced that Drive Extender (DE) would be removed from what was then Windows Home Server Code Named “Vail”, I thought that a Drobo could be suitable replacement for that functionality that was now being lost. I first reviewed a 4 bay Drobo and the results of that review can be found at [...]
Here is a few things I ran into this morning I thought were interesting. Certainly not mainstream stuff which is already well covered but interesting none the less. Great show this year and it was great to finally meet everyone. Great little device that connects to your android or iPhone and displays radar guns as [...]
As WHS users we are always looking for different ways to upgrade our storage capabilities fairly cheaply and without giving up too much performance. Since the introduction of USB 3.0 with advertised “theoretical” speeds of 625 Megs/sec, I have been eager to see what the real world performance would be and if that would translate [...]
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