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Add-in Update: Drive Bender v1.3.1.0

A new release of Drive Bender, a storage pooling add-in for Windows Home Server 2011, has been released. This is a bug fix release supporting improvements to storage pool management, file balancing, data duplication and more.

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How To Install Microsoft SkyDrive on Windows Home Server 2011

According to Microsoft, “SkyDrive for Windows is the easiest way to access your SkyDrive”. With SkyDrive installed on your home server you will be able to add, change or delete files in one location and have your files automatically sync in all the locations you employ the SkyDrive application.

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Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step – Part 15: Backing Up Your Server

Using Windows Home Server 2011 to protect your data is a great first step in the quest for peace of mind, but it is only a first step. You can back up your data from your PCs to the server, great, but what happens if the server itself fails? Or is stolen? With regard to server failure, that can be mitigated in part by the ability to backup the server itself (which we’ll cover separately later). Otherwise, keeping a backup off-site, at a family member, friend’s house or even the office is a great idea. As ever, WHS 2011 makes it easy.

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Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step – Part 14: Doing More With Add-ins

So far, we’ve discussed the features built-in to Windows Home Server 2011, and there are a lot of them to cover. But Microsoft cleverly designed the software to be extendable – so developers can create applications (called add-ins in the WHS world) which literally add new features to the platform. Over the four years of Windows Home Server v1’s life, community developers released well over one hundred add-ins for the platform, and we’re well on the way to seeing a great selection of apps for WHS 2011 too.

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Add-in Update: LDisk v3.0.0.2

LDisk adds iSCSI Target Storage capability to your Server. Using LDisk, you can create a single appliance to provide all your storage and backup needs.

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What Storage Management Are You Using on Windows Home Server 2011?

So, we now have both Drive Bender and StableBit DrivePool out of beta. We’ve previously reviewed Drive Bender and will be taking a good look at StableBit DrivePool in the coming weeks. But ahead of that, I know many of you already have your favourite method of storage management on Windows Home Server 2011. Whether you’re using an add-in, hardware RAID, Windows’ own Disk Management features or something else, WGS wants to know what’s hot with the Windows Home Server community!

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APC PowerChute Personal Edition Now Supporting Windows Home Server v1 & 2011 UPS Management

An essential hardware purchase for all Windows Home Server owners is an Uninterruptible Power Supply – these battery back-up units supply power to your server in the event of a power outage. Whether you live in an area that suffers from frequent outages, or you simply want to protect your data and hardware from the dreaded, accidental PSU kick then you should take a look at one.

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Microsoft Releases a Hotfix for WHS 2011 “Computer Monitoring Error”

The bogus “Computer Monitoring Error” warning error is now fixed.

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Add-in Update: LDisk v3.0.0

LDisk adds iSCSI Target Storage capability to your Server. Using LDisk, you can create a single appliance to provide all your storage and backup needs.

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