Sorry I have been MIA of late with posting content, been real busy at work and when I try to sit down at my PC at home my son makes me put on for him cartoons (his favorite to watch now is the Thomas The Tank “Hector The Horrid” episode). A few weeks ago I [...]
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Today HP is announcing the the availability of a new Windows Home Server Add-In that allows TiVo owners to manage video content from their HP MediaSmart Server or DataVault. With the free HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo, customers can transfer shows from TiVo to their server and back to the Tivo, view TiVo recordings stored [...]
If you are like me, visualizing information can be much more intuitive than simply reading numbers and metrics. Windows Home Server gives us pie charts to show how our server storage is allocated, HP gives us the System Status tab to show CPU/memory/network load in real-time, and Disk Management gives us wireframes of our servers [...]
The 3.0 Patch 2 update we first told you about earlier this week is now starting to trickle down via the HP Software Update feature. Forum member “TechVet” was the first to post about seeing the update on his server, and I verified that my secondary server had received the update at 5:46AM MST.
You can [...]
Sharp eyed reader Chuck Coleman has spotted a software update package for the HP MediaSmart Server and HP Storageworks X510 DataVault products. The software package shows a version of 3.2.1.34990 and appears to be the rumored Patch 2 release we’ve heard mentioned in the forums.
The package does appear to be for all languages, and [...]
Dave and crew have released episode 78 of the Home Server Show, and I was invited to make a guest appearance to discuss the HP 3.0 Software Update for the MediaSmart Server. Be sure to give them a listen for their take on the latest Home Server News and Add-Ins.
HP has sent along the message that many of you have been anxious to hear for quite some time now: the 3.0 software update for the EX470/EX475/EX485/EX487 servers will be available later this week and will start shipping next week.
I’ve had copies of the upgrade DVD’s for about two weeks now and have performed [...]
Just a couple of hours ago one of my favorite add ins for Windows Media Center, Media Browser, just released their next version codenamed Thunder Blade. I have only had a few minutes to test it out so I can’t write much yet, but be on the lookout for my writeup in the next few [...]
Sam Wood has written to let me know about the release of version 1.1 of his very popular Disk Management for Windows Home Server Add-In. The new version has been significantly overhauled with an updated interface, better performance, and a number of new features which are listed below in the official announcement.
You can download Disk [...]
HP is announcing the addition of the KeepVault Online Backup services to their list of recommended applications for use with the MediaSmart Server. This is not an Add-In developed by HP, but rather appears to be a partnership with KeepVault that offers a discount to owners of the HP MediaSmart Server.
I’ve got an open [...]
