Another RIP for Windows Home Server

I came across another post about the (untimely?) demise of Windows Home Server (WHS). WHS, of course, is the attempt by Microsoft to enter the home and small business server market with a product that was easy to use and could provide bare metal restore of client Windows machines. And, at least in the first release of WHS, the server provided drive pooling that allowed for one folder to span across multiple drives (Drive Extender) and still be protected because of behind the scenes folder

Another RIP for Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server is Dead

Another article about the demise of Windows Home Server is found at Arstechnica.com. As the article points out, it will be a while before WHS is gone for good:
The current version, Windows Home Server 2011, is the last ever version. It's not going to disappear overnight—it will be available for OEM preinstallations until an astonishing and not entirely plausible December 31, 2025, though hobbyist system builders only have until December 31, 2013 to buy standalone copies—but

Windows Home Server is Dead

Skydrive vs. NAS vs. Windows Home Server vs. Windows’ Shares

Hal Berenson over at hal2020.com has provided an interesting commentary on the demise of Windows Home Server (WHS). In it he talks a bit about the history of WHS and WHS 2011, and discusses the alternatives that are and will be available:
From the moment that WHS launched it was under assault from a range of alternatives, none of which were as good as the package but all of which were more than adequate for their individual task. Windows client had long had facilities for

Skydrive vs. NAS vs. Windows Home Server vs. Windows’ Shares

Thecus TopTower N6850 NAS Reviewed

Smallnetbuilder has done their usual thorough job of reviewing the Thecus TopTower N6850 NAS. This Thecus NAS is a typical example of Thecus' NAS design which includes strong hardware at a low price point. The NAS has some of the most powerful features available in a small NAS with and is driven by a Pentium G620 processer. It has six-drive bays, USB 3.0, and optional 10 GbE ports. It comes standard with 2 GB DDR3 RAM, which is expandable to a whopping 16 GB of RAM. Also

Thecus TopTower N6850 NAS Reviewed

Synology DS412+ Review

Techpowerup has produced an 18 page review of the Synology DS412+ - a Synology 4 drive NAS server, NAS running a dual-core Atom processor running at 2.13 GHz with 1 GB DDR3 RAM. Techpowerup, as have almost all reviewers of Synology NAS servers in recent memory, has nothing but praise for the Synology Disk Station Manager (DSM) software that runs this NAS and all Synology NAS servers.

This page has the performance summary which contains this:
In general the DS412+ is pretty

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Synology Expansion Unit DX510

I found an in depth video overview (including unboxing) of the Synology DX510 expansion unit. The Synology DX510 is a five bay expansion unit that works with several of the Synology NAS servers to add up to 5 additional drives to your NAS. The DX510 works with the DS1812+, the DS1512+, the DS712+ and several other Synology NAS servers.

The video is almost 20 minutes long - so sit back and enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6nc6GKU_8E

I have two of these DX510

Synology Expansion Unit DX510

Amahi Ubuntu Edition Now Live

Amahi, the linux home server distribution and service recently announced the immediate availability of its 6.1 Ubuntu edition. Amahi has officially supported only Fedora until this release. This release is its first official Ubuntu edition. The Amahi web site describes some of the features:

Here are some of the features in Amahi 6.1, Ubuntu Edition (but not limited to):

Latest storage pooling technology with the latest Greyhole 0.9
Reliability fixes and updates, including

Amahi Ubuntu Edition Now Live