The Big WHS: It Multi-tasks! (Thanks to Hyper-V Virtualization)
Things have been progressing on the Big WHS front. First off, my main PC is now is using the WHS Connector software and has back-ups scheduled on the new WHS. The old WHS is still assembled, but it is...
View ArticleTesting the “limits” of WHS: 37 Drives = Fail
I had heard rumors of 32 drives being the limit, so I figured, why not? I had more than 32 1.5TB and 2TB disks in hot swap bays, and could easily handle the connectivity. Plus, since I am booting the...
View ArticleThe Big WHS: 8 File-Serving OS’s Virtualized in one 4U Server
Now that the Big WHS is stable, and I have a bit more storage capacity than I need, I decided that Windows Home Server running virtualized in a Hyper-V virtual machine is good, but I wanted to test out...
View ArticleWindows Home Server (WHS) V2 Vail Beta Preview
As I am sure most of the Windows Home Server crowd has seen at this point, there is a WHS V2 Codename Vail preview posted on Microsoft’s website. Here is the download link to feature previews...
View ArticleWindows Home Server (WHS) V2 VAIL – Installed in Hyper-V – Early Release Clue
If one browses this site they will quickly see that I am a fan of Hyper-V virtualization and also Windows Home Server. On April 26, 2010, Microsoft released the public preview of the long awaited...
View ArticleWindows Server Codename Vail – Headless Installation
Quick tip for those with headless systems that want to test Windows Server Codename VAIL (and that don’t have IPMI 2.0). To create a USB drive capable of a headless installation follow these two steps:...
View ArticleWHS Drive Extender v2 Dissected at Anandtech
A quick browse of Anandtech.com shows a nice dissection of WHS Drive Extender v2. The review goes into changes from Drive Extender v1, the way NTFS and the storage pool interact, 1GB file chunks...
View ArticleZFSguru 0.1.7 (final) Released
ZFSguru is a new FreeBSD based storage platform that was started by a FreeBSD and ZFS enthusiast to make an alternative to FreeNAS that tracks closer to a full-blown FreeBSD installation. Over the past...
View ArticleInstall NexentaStor to VMware ESXi Virtual Machine Guide
Recently creating a VMware ESXi virtual machine for NexentaStor was covered in a quick how-to guide. The next logical piece of the puzzle is this guide to getting NexentaStor installed in the virtual...
View ArticleInstall Illumian on ESXi 5.0 for All-in-One ZFS Installation
One topic I get a lot of questions about is creating an All-in-One ESXi 5.0 machine with ZFS storage based on Illumian, Nexenta, and Solaris 11 Express all alongside guest operating systems. For those...
View ArticleFour (4) Volume Per Physical Disk Limitation in WHS
Just as a note to anyone running multiple large disks in Raid 6 for Windows Home Server. I was setting up new Raid 6 arrays on the WHS this weekend, controlled by an Adaptec 31605 and was greeted by a...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.04.1 Desktop LTS does not install openssh-server
How to install openssh-server on Ubuntu (e.g. 14.04.1 LTS LiveCD) even if there is an "openssh-server : Depends: openssh-client" error. The post Ubuntu 14.04.1 Desktop LTS does not install...
View ArticleQuick Guide: Getting NAS4Free up and running in 5 min
Our guide to getting a working NAS4Free installation up and running in 5 minutes or less The post Quick Guide: Getting NAS4Free up and running in 5 min appeared first on ServeTheHome - Server and...
View ArticleUbuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa Released
With the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS release, we have some big updates to the ultra-popular Linux distribution that will underpin the next few years of innovation The post Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa Released...
View ArticleFreeNAS 11.3-U3 Maintenance Release Fixing Over 100 Bugs
FreeNAS 11.3-U3 is out. This maintenance release fixes over 100 bugs which is great for the community but is at a slower pace than the last update The post FreeNAS 11.3-U3 Maintenance Release Fixing...
View ArticleFreeNAS 11.3-U3.1 Out With Major SMB Fix
FreeNAS 11.3-U3.1 is out with a major fix to broken SMB functionality introduced with iXsystems' latest bugfix release a few days ago The post FreeNAS 11.3-U3.1 Out With Major SMB Fix appeared first on...
View ArticleiXsystems Starts De-emphasizing FreeBSD for TrueNAS Scale Out Project
iXsystems new TrueNAS Scale project is designed to be an open-source Debian Linux-based Proxmox VE competitor showing continued de-emphasis on FreeBSD The post iXsystems Starts De-emphasizing FreeBSD...
View ArticleCentOS 8.2 2004 Linux is Out for Your Servers
For the RHEL and CentOS community, the release of CentOS 8.2 (2004) brings a new revision with updated toolsets to the ecosystem The post CentOS 8.2 2004 Linux is Out for Your Servers appeared first on...
View ArticleSUSE to Acquire Rancher Labs for Kubernetes Platform
SUSE announced its plans to acquire Rancher Labs to bolster its container platform further consolidating the industry's players in the space The post SUSE to Acquire Rancher Labs for Kubernetes...
View ArticleRed Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS
Red Hat made the decision to effectively end the CentOS project by curtailing future updates and support for CentOS 8 and anything beyond The post Red Hat Goes Full IBM and Says Farewell to CentOS...
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