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Add-In Update: Windows Home Server Disk Management v1.0.7.3

Saturday, May 3, 2008

A minor bug fix update has been released for Windows Home Server Disk Management. 1.0.7.3 - Update Fixed: Resolved issue with enumeration of drive paths on non-English versions of WHS Fixed: Disk location columns are no longer empty on refresh Fixed: Storage pool usage bar is now recalculated after all disk data is pulled More Info: Download | Discuss

PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server - Now With Console Integration

Monday, March 31, 2008

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Raxco, the developers of PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server, today announced that a new build of the software is available for customers which provides full integration with the Windows Home Server Console. This allows the software to be fully configured and operated from any home computer on your network. More Info: PerfectDisk Blog

Add-In Update: Client Info 2.0.0.1

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

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Client Info, by Eric Maurer, displays hardware information about your home server, and each of the home computers on your network including the processor, memory, IP address, drive size, drive temp, and hard drive health. Eric has now released version 2.0.0.1 which fixes the problem of two hard drives of the same model appearing as just [...]

Tranquil PC to Launch T7-HDX Home Server Extender

Monday, February 11, 2008

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Back in September, when we reviewed Tranquil PC’s first Windows Home Server unit, the T7-HSA we loved its small, compact size which came with one big headache - a single internal drive and the lack of expansion options other than the use of external USB hard drives - which defeated the purpose of having such a small and neat [...]

Add-In Update: WHS Disk Management v1.0.5.0

Sunday, February 10, 2008

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Sam Wood’s hard at work with another update for his popular add-in, WHS Disk Management which is now at version 1.0.5.0. Sam posted news of the update over at the WHS Disk Management forums here at We Got Served. 1.0.5.0 - Update Added: Disk Information now includes Volume Shadow Copy size Changed: Storage information panel on main tab now [...]

Hands-On: Leo Computer Piranha Home Server

Friday, February 8, 2008

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Model: Piranha Home Server Manufacturer: LEO Computer Website: http://www.leo-computer.de/ Price: TBC Whilst Windows Home Server may very much be a product of the United States (supported by some of their friends over at Microsoft China), it has been Europe that has led the way developing and launching hardware systems for the platform. Within Europe, the UK and Germany are front and centre in [...]

Review: Diskeeper 2008 HomeServer

Thursday, February 7, 2008

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What is disk fragmentation and why does it happen? As files are stored, moved, deleted, updated and so on, over time they can be potentially stored on different areas of the disk rather than in a single block. This is called disk fragmentation. There could be thousands of parts of files scattered all over the disks [...]

Add-In Update: WHS Disk Management 1.0.4

Sunday, February 3, 2008

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Sam Wood has released an update to WHS Disk Management this morning with a number of new features, including the abilty to edit disk names and the addition of SMART status and temperature viewing in the Windows Home Server console. Version 1.04 has the following changes: 1.0.4 - Update Added: Editable disk names - open the Disk Info [...]

PerfectDisk 8 for Windows Home Server Released Later Today

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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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, [...]

Add-In Update: Windows Home Server Disk Management

Monday, January 28, 2008

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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 [...]