This week sees WinHEC 2007 (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) being held in Los Angeles. It’s a big conference at which Microsoft shares technical details on existing and forthcoming technologies to press, partners and other interested parties across its various Server and Client product lines. Whilst the focus this year will undoubtedly be on Windows Vista [...]

As I’ve been away for a couple of weeks, there’s quite a bit of catching up I need to do! I want to do a big post on my experiences with the CTP, but still need to spend some quality time with it (put it this way, my bug count is currently low!) before posting. [...]

Well, I’m back from a slightly bonkers few weeks of travel with work (UK – New Zealand twice in four weeks), and need to give WGS a bit of love! Apologies for the downtime…. The CTP appears to be a lot more stable than Beta 2 – a few lock ups to be ironed out, [...]

APC reports on an interview with Joel Sider (Senior Program Manager for Windows Home Server). In the course of the interview, Joel reveals: 1. Microsoft are considering an OEM release of the Windows Home Server software. “There’s no absolute final confirmation on that” cautions Sider, “but it’s fair to say that we think it’s the [...]

Sod’s Law – write a post wondering whether HP’s MediaSmart Windows Home Server-based product may evolve form factor from the original prototype to one closer to their existing product lines, and they go publish a page on their website pretty much confirming the original spec, and boy is it decent. 64-bit AMD Processor 4 Drive [...]

HP yesterday announced a new version of their Media Vault specifically designed for Small Business. Christened the HP StorageWorks Media Vault Pro, the system is an affordable (sub-$1000) NAS solution with 1 TB of disk space, and interestingly, 2 GB of free online storage space from Spare Backup. The form factor looks the same as [...]

As I’ve mentioned previously, we’re moving house in a few months time, and will be knocking the house around a little which gives ample opportunity to design my home network properly – this time (I think) using a combination of wireless and ethernet. THe positioning of my home server and router is going to be [...]

A few weeks ago, I blogged about the hardware I was using for the Windows Home Server beta. A few of you have mentioned what hardware you’re using… how about everyone else? Are you re-using components from around the house (Frankenservers) or buying new? Are you using multiple hard drives for folder duplication, or just [...]