Video: Windows Server 2012 Essentials on the Edge
By Philip Churchill The Edge show from on Channel 9 gives the latest weekly news from Microsoft relevant for IT Professionals and a technical dive into various products and scenarios like Windows...
View ArticleVideo: Personal WHS Project
By Philip Churchill The Jwolf Tech Broadcast have a 11 minute video on his personal WHS project using some server components with an Intel i3: “As the need for mass storage increases more and more...
View ArticleVideo: HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill HP and Microsoft’s combined Coffee Coaching Blog have a quick video explaining the HP MicroServer Gen8: From the Hello, HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 is here! blog post. Video: HP...
View ArticleVideo: Working with Storage Spaces in Windows 8
By Philip Churchill The Extreme Windows Blog have a video and write up on working with Storage Spaces in Windows 8: You can find their post here. Video: Working with Storage Spaces in Windows 8 is a...
View ArticleVideo: IOSafe N2 Fireproof and Waterproof NAS
By Philip Churchill Linus techtips has a great video on the IOSafe N2 fireproof & waterproof NAS. In this unboxing and overview video they explain the technology which keeps the box safe from fire...
View ArticleHP Tech Talk – MicroServer Gen8
By Philip Churchill HP Tech Talk is a weekly webcast with Andy McCaskey from SDRnews, and this week’s edition features the new HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer. In this 14 minute video Andy talks with Greg...
View ArticleVideo: Inside the Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill Another video from the Microsoft/HP channel"Coffee Coaching" on the HP Gen8 MicroServer. In this vid they take a quick look under the hood and give more details on the small server:...
View ArticlePerformance of a Storage Space Pool in WS2012 Essentials R2 Preview
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman has posted data of the performance of a Storage Space Pool in Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 Preview. In this second part of the series John has posted the results...
View ArticleVideo: WS2012 Essentials for Resellers
By Philip Churchill The OEM division of Microsoft have released the following short video explaining WS2012 Essentials: Video: WS2012 Essentials for Resellers is a post from: MS Windows Home Server -...
View ArticleVideo: HP MicroServer Teardown
By Philip Churchill There is a nice 14 minute video on the HP MicroServer where it is torn down and returned to stock condition: “The N40L MicroServer I had used in earlier testing of Windows Server...
View ArticleVideo: HP N40L MicroServer with a Sans Digital Attached
By Philip Churchill A couple of videos for you courtesy of the Home Server Show. The first is a demonstration on how to add 3TB HDD’s in WHS-2011 with Disk Management on a N40L MicroServer with the...
View ArticleVideo: WD Talk Red NAS Hard Drives
By Philip Churchill newegg TV have WD explaining about their Red NAS Hard Drives: If you’re into mass storage, and particularly if you’re interested in NAS or server storage, WD has a lineup of drives...
View ArticleVideo: What’s New in 2012 R2
By Philip Churchill Kevin Remde from the TechNet blog "Full of I.T." had the opportunity of interviewing Brad Anderson, Sr. VP responsible for Windows Server at Microsoft. Three videos are available in...
View ArticleVideo: Installing a HDD in the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman explains to us in this 6 minute video how to install a hard disk in a Gen8 MicroServer that was taken from a HP N40L MicroServer. Video: Installing a HDD in the HP...
View ArticleVideo: Sentinel X and S Series
By Philip Churchill Western Digital have a host of video’s on their Sentinel X and and S series of server on their YouTube channel which may be of interest to you. If so, you can find them here. Video:...
View ArticleVideo: Painting the HP MicroServer Doors
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman has a 7 minute video on modifying the doors on the HP ProLiant N40L & N54L G7 MicroServer with some spray paint: “Making the MicroServer attractive in any setting...
View ArticleOptions Available in WS2012 R2 using the Windows Server Essentials Experience...
By Philip Churchill The HP and Microsoft Blog Coffee Coaching has a short 4 minute video and a blog post on their new deployment options available in Windows Server 2012 R2 using the Windows Server...
View ArticleInstalling 16GB RAM in HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman has uploaded another video to YouTube, and this time he moves 16GB ECC RAM (that had been working successfully in his HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and HP ProLiant N54L...
View ArticleRemoving the CPU Heat Sink on the HP Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman has been busy making another short video on removing the CPU heat sink on the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer. John did this to upgrade the Celeron G1610T CPU to the...
View ArticleVideo: Flashing the Bios on the HP MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman is back with another video about the HP MicroServer. In this latest video John explains how to flash a new bios: “I cover the steps I took to Upgrade_Flash the BIOS on...
View ArticleVideo: More Hard Drives that Last
By Philip Churchill After BlackBlaze recommending hard rives that last, GeekBeat TV follow it up with a 8 minute video on their take on the article with their own recommendations: You can read their...
View ArticleVideo: Drobo vs. QNAP vs. Synology vs. G-Drive and MORE! Which Storage Should...
By Philip Churchill Drobo vs. QNAP vs. Synology vs. G-Drive and MORE! Which Storage Should You Choose? is a 15 minute video from GeekBeat.tv which takes us through the various Direct Attached Storage...
View ArticleVideo: Windows Server 2012 R2: The Essentials Experience
By Philip Churchill Channel 9 has a series of videos on Windows Server 2012 R2: The Essentials Experience. Available as 7 videos or modules, here’s the details: Join us for this session for an...
View ArticleVideo: WHS2011 on the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman has another series of videos for us and this time its on WHS2011 on the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer. The first video in a series of four shows us how he has prepared...
View ArticleVideo: More WHS2011 on the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman has posted the remaining videos in his 4 part series in installing WHS2011 on the HP Gen8 MicroServer. John starts off by preparing the server, then installing. Next...
View ArticleVideo: WD DS6100
By Philip Churchill Another review on the WD DS6100 and this one is from Storage Swiss – Storage Switzerland. Their review takes a quick look at the the unit and also includes this 5 minute video too:...
View ArticleVideo: installing WS2012 R2 Essentials on the Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman is back and this time he is installing Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials on his Gen8 MicroServer. In this 13 minute video John installs Windows Server 2012 R2...
View ArticleVideo: Cooling the P222 Raid Controller on the Gen8 MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman has made this 12 minute video where he explains how he cools his HP P222 raid controller to below 55C on his Gen8 MicroServer: Video: Cooling the P222 Raid Controller...
View ArticleCooling and Graphics from the HP MicroServer
By Philip Churchill John Stutsman has released 2 more videos detailing his antics with his HP MicroServer’s. In his first vid John adds fans to cool the heat sink on the Gen8: In this video I mount 4...
View ArticleVideo: The Home Server Connector Explained in 7 minutes
By Philip Churchill The average guy network have a new podcast called Home Tech Tips, and on this week’s edition John Zajdler (@Dieharder) explains in 7 minutes the different ways the Windows Home...
View ArticleVideo: Installing & Cooling a Radeon HD6450 on the MicroServer
By Philip Churchill Another couple of videos from John Stutsman for MicroServer users. The first is John installing a Sapphire Radeon HD6450 Graphics card in his HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer providing...
View ArticleWhat’s New In Windows Server Technical Preview
By Philip Churchill With Server 10 being available for testing, website InfoWorld has a look at its best new features: Start menu and the UI The command line and PowerShell Windows Defender Hyper-V...
View ArticleStorage Replication in the next version of Windows Server
By Philip Churchill If you would like a sneak look at what Storage Replication will look like in the next version of Windows Server, then Channel 9’s the Edge Show have a video just for you. The 37...
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