01 September 2010
A guide as to why excess capacity for WHS/ Vail/ Aurora and hot spares for RAID arrays are necessary from a Mean Time to Recover (MTTR) perspective.
Posted in Storage Reliability1 Comment
30 August 2010
Explaining the reliability of RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60, and RAID-Z3 in terms of MTTDL and gives a primer on advantages and disadvantages.
Posted in Storage Reliability7 Comments
27 August 2010
Continued guidance in Q3 2010 by tech giants such as Intel, HP, Cisco and Dell are a symptom of "double ordering" and lean inventories not a general slowdown.
Posted in Storage News0 Comments
26 August 2010
To aspiring Windows Home Server (WHS) developers out there, ASoft (makers of AdminiMe and AutoExit) has released their WHS DevKit 2 Version 1.1. This version has more complete documentation including how to create an installer and support for Windows Home Server build 7659.
Posted in Windows Home Server0 Comments
23 August 2010
A simple guide to installing a Secure Windows 7 installation on a Windows Home Server running Hyper-V. This allows a secure Win 7 VM to be hosted on the server.
Posted in Hyper-V Virtualization6 Comments
18 August 2010
Yesterday Intel announced the Atom D425 and D525 platforms targeted for small storage servers. Both chips are 1.8GHz parts with Hyper-Threading. The Atom D425 is a single core with 512KB of cache (10w TDP) and the Atom D525 (13w TDP) being the dual core chip with 1MB of L2 cache. The chips support both the [...]
Posted in Low Power Servers5 Comments
12 August 2010
Many of this site’s readers have large storage requirements due to a focus on centralizing redundant storage for multiple client PCs. One common scenario is streaming video to client PCs. Personally, I use a mix of mainly micro ITX (mITX) platforms as HTPC streaming PCs. My typical configuration involves a mITX motherboard with a low [...]
Posted in Low Power Servers5 Comments
04 August 2010
All hard drives will eventually fail. Some earlier than others. As some readers may remember, The Big WHS lost three of eight new Western Digital Green 1.5TB drives earlier this year within a three month span, leading me to procure more and more Hitachi 2TB 7200rpm drives. Recently, I experienced my first Hitachi drive failure [...]
Posted in Client Tips9 Comments
27 July 2010
Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 contain a benchmark utility called the Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT). The Windows Experience Index is more or less a GUI version of the WinSAT scores that provides the user with a simple way to run the test, and see a summary of the results. With Windows Home Server [...]
Posted in Client Tips2 Comments
22 July 2010
Although Intel’s Atom CPUs have made a splash in the mini ITX space, many users prefer the small form factor yet want more computing power than the Atom can muster. In response to this need, motherboard manufacturers have started to build standard socket motherboards in small form factors such as mITX. Over the past decade, [...]
Posted in Non-drive Components7 Comments
HP MediaSmart LX495
WD Green 2TB
Why Excess Capacity for WHS/ Vail/ Aurora and Hot Spares for RAID are Necessary – Mean Time to Recover (MTTR) Guide
The RAID Reliability Anthology – Part 1 – The Primer
Tech Spending Weakness in Q3 2010
ASoft WHS DevKit 2 Version 1.1 Released
Secure Windows 7 VM on a WHS Server in Hyper-V
Intel’s Atom D425 and D525 Announcement – STH’s View
Apex MI-100 mITX HTPC Case Review
Recover Data off of a Windows Home Server Failing Drive
Determine WinSAT CPU Sub Score from the Command Line
Intel BOXDH57JG H57 mini ITX Motherboard Review
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