Tech Support Scams do not appear to be new, but I wanted to share this with everyone as a reminder that there are unscrupulous people out there. Here is the sequence of events that happen to me this week. On Friday (4/26/13) I received a call from someone that that claimed to be from the Windows Resource [...]
Here is a short video on expanding you RAID 5 Array using the Highpoint Version 2 Software.
It is pretty obvious from the amount of people that read my first write up on iHomeserver, that we are still looking for ways of not having to deal with iTunes. When I first started using the program it was pretty good, but as early releases often do, there where some features missing. Since that [...]
Near and dear to my heart has been all the discussion on Storage Spaces. I have tested the Server 2012 and the Window 8 versions for performance as compared to a hardware solution, and have consistently seen lower performance, especially from Windows 8. Now that they have released the beta version of Server 2012 Essentials, [...]
For quite some time now I have been wanting to upgrade my main WHS box. Not so much in terms of CPU or motherboard but rater the case, CPU cooler, and the power supply. Ever since I upgraded my server 2008R2 with the Fractal Define R3, I have been toying with the idea of upgrading [...]
In my quest to extract as much usefulness as I can from my software and to make certain that my data is protected, I am always trying new and different options. Recently I was asked if AllwaySync still worked well with SkyDrive which made me revisit the possibilities of how to exploit this as well [...]
Antivirus software for servers such as Server 2008R2 and WHS 2011 have always been a debate in the HomeServerShow forums mostly to whether or not antivirus on a server is necessary. I have always been in the “Yes” camp as I would prefer that extra layer of protection especially as files are copied and accessed [...]
Not long ago I picked up a deal on an Intel 330 180 Gig. I had planned on keeping it and using it on Windows 8 when it was released, however the need came up and had to use it now. It replaced a Max IOPS 240 which I needed to use somewhere else so [...]
Back in March, I did a post on the performance results of storage spaces in Windows 8 as well as the server product. I think it was pretty obvious that I was really not impressed with either, however the version for Windows 8 was far worse in the area of performance. Given that it was [...]
As I mentioned in part 1, I wanted to upgrade my WHS 2011 server with faster and larger drives. My WHS is becoming more and more the center of everything I do, from streaming content, to syncing my cloud services, to ripping and transcoding movies. As I am increasing the use of my server, I [...]
No matter what kind of hardware you buy sometimes things go bad. I have been running two servers for quite some time now. One as my Windows Home Server, and the other is Server 2008R2 which I use not only for backup, but use as a Hyper-V server to run a variety of VM’s. As [...]
If you are like many and are jumping on the SkyDrive band wagon you might find yourself having to install it on many systems in your house. The issue soon becomes with many of these services is that you end up installing on too many devices. Since I have many computers on my internal network, [...]
In the first part, I performance tested the parity volume to see how it stacked up against a hardware RAID. Now that we have seen the huge performance impact of parity volumes, it was now time to see how the Mirroring as well as the stripe-JBOD (drives are striped with no resiliency) performed. Original article [...]
Since my last post, iHomeserver has received a few new features worth mentioning. If you have not done so already, download the trial and give it a shot. 2.1.32.0 (03/02/2012) New Features – Podcast updating, add new podcast, download podcast episodes added. Bug fixes: log file rotation, increased buffers between client and server; icon [...]
If you recall my last write up, I was overall impressed with iHomeserver. The program however had some stated weaknesses. Since that write up he has released a Beta version which addresses many of the concerns I raised. In addition, it adds a few enhancements. Original post: http://thedocsworld.net/whs-meets-itunes/ Changes since my review include: Significantly improved [...]
