Raxco will today release an update to their PerfectDisk range of disk defragmentation software, including a new version of PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server. PerfectDisk8 for Windows Home Server brings the full functionality of Raxco’s server-grade defragmentation products to Windows Home Server, although they are yet to integrate the software into the Windows Home Server Console, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 28, 2008
Sam Wood has updated his add-in, Windows Home Server Disk Management to version 1.0.3. Here’s what’s changed: 1.0.3 - Update Added: Right-click menu for disk operations Added: Disk information detail. Select a disk and click the info button, double click a disk, or right click a disk and select Details Added: Non-storage pool disks with drive letters now show details [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 20, 2008
A new edition of Raxco’s disk defragmentation software, PerfectDisk 2008 for Windows Home Server will arrive next week with a new “home site” license that will allow up to 10 clients to use the software (up from the existing edition’s 5 client maximum). This matches the maximum number of clients that can be installed on [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 15, 2008
A new add-in was released by developer Sam Wood today, called WHS Disk Management. The add-in is an extension of the standard WHS Server Storage interface, helping users visually identify the physical disks they’re working with. Here’s how it’s used: Select one of the disks, or expand the columns after the disk ID, to see infomation about the disk. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 7, 2008
One of the most requested features (or should that be “biggest missings”? ) in Windows Home Server is the ability to backup the server itself. Sure, WHS is looking after all of your home computers, but who’s looking after WHS? If your home server fails - what happens to your backups? If there’s a fire, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 28, 2007
Ed Bott has more news on the data corruption bug, specifically the scenario in which the bug occurs and some behind the scenes context around the KB article - worth a read. There’s been a huge amount of online vitriol poured out around this issue, which is probably to be expected given the seriousness of the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 20, 2007
As we draw to the end of 2007, plans are already being hatched for new Windows Home Server goodies in 2008! One of the first releases of the year will be a sparking brand new version of PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server, to help keep your home server drives optimised and running well. What’s new? A brand [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 30, 2007
Jungle Disk have just released the first public beta build of their online back up solution, which is powered by Amazon S3. The add-in came second in Microsoft’s Code2Fame competition, and pricing starts at $0.15 per gigabyte transferred in either direction. Jungle Disk for Windows Home Server is a Windows Home Server add-in that lets you back [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 27, 2007
A week or so ago, the guys over at PerfectDisk invited me to be interviewed about Windows Home Server, We Got Served and the MVP Program for their PerfectDisk podcast. So, if you want to hear me speak with a very scratchy and gravelly voice over the telephone, (I had a pretty heavy cold on the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Alex over at MediaSmartServer.net discovered a very cool Easter Egg left by HP’s engineers in the HP MediaSmart Server. It allows you to configure the LED lights on the unit to various different LED light shows. The light shows available are: Default System Lights (Recommended) Holiday Lights Ascending Chaser (all colors) Descending Chaser (all colors) Pulsing (all colors) Night Rider (all colors) Morse Code [...]
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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