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The Icy Dock 5.25” Hot Swap Drive Caddy for a 2.5” and a 3.5” SATA Drive –...
In preparation for the 2nd Annual Home Server Show Meet-Up this year I was asked to review the Icy Dock 5.25” Hot Swap Drive Caddy for a 2.5” and a 3.5” SATA Hard Drive or SSD — DuoSwap MB971SP-B...
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Installing Windows Server 2012 Essentials on a HP N40L ProLiant MicroServer
After listening to the many discussions and seeing several demonstrations about Windows Server 2012 Essentials (“S2012E”) at the 2nd Annual Home Server Show Meet-Up I decided it was time to get more...
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Happy Holidays! 2012 in review, SkyDrive Sync, Crucial RMA, CrashPlan, Super Router, Type Cover, Surface RT, Windows 8 Apps on the BYOB Podcast. Remember to post your comments on:...
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Performance Comparison of Windows Server 2012 Essentials on the HP ProLiant...
By: John Stutsman One of the things I wanted to do with the HP ProLiant N54L G7 MicroServer was compare it’s performance to its predecessor HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer. In a previous writing I...
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BYOB Episode 123
Hardware finally! This week BYOB covers Haswell, Tonido Plug, and an iStar Server chassis. As a bonus We’ll discuss MediaBrowser3. Tonido Plug – Wah Wah Waaahh Sad trombone for the Tonido Plug. Rack...
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Performance: Using SSD’s for VM Drives in Home Hyper-V Server on GA-Z77X-UD5H
By: John Stutsman In the paper Performance Comparison of Windows Server 2012 Essentials on the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer and the HP ProLiant N54L MicroServer I described my Client Workstation that...
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Alternative Backup Ideas on Home Server Show 231
I’ve got an alternative backup idea for you and will share that as well as a little follow up on last week’s show. A lot going on in the forums and we will talk about some posts. Big week for the...
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BYOB Episode 130
We have a bunch of topics to cover tonight. We talk about some RAID 0, Essentials upgrade, update on the Nexus 7, Untangle, and memory timings as well as spend a few minutes discussing our thoughts...
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Synology Makes DiskStation (DSM) Manager 4.3 Official for Network Attached...
Hey Synology owners, DSM 4.3 is ready for you! Disk Station Manager, or DSM, version 4.3 will be released tomorrow (08/27/13). We got the beta bits on July 9th, but this one is the final! So what’s...
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BYOB Episode 134
Yep, it has been a while. We have been out of commission mainly due to problems in my schedule but we are back this week with a great show. Mike Martis is off to the races today so I am joined...
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Installing WHS2011 on the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer with AHCI Enabled
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 — Loading WHS2011 onto my Gen8 MicroServer Last Tuesday night, on HSS255 (“Average Server Size Please, on Home Server Show 255”), we discussed how the average user could...
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Installing WHS2011 on the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer using the B120i and P222
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Preparing my Gen8 MicroServer for Installation of WHS2011 Recently, I loaded MicroSoft Windows Home Server 2011(“WHS2011”) onto my HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer using the...
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Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 on My HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By: John Stutsman Figure 1 – Preparing my Gen8 MicroServer for Installation of Server 2012 R2 Recently, I loaded MicroSoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (“Server 2012 R2” or “S2012R2”) onto my HP ProLiant...
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Meetup 2014 Overview on Home Server Show 263
It’s a Meetup 2014 Overview with Jim Collison, John Stutsman, and Kevin Schoonover. Also some news, SSD and Hard Drive pricing continues to plummet. This podcast is a member of The Geeks Network....
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Drive Performance in my HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By: John Stutsman Not long ago I installed Windows Server Technical Preview (“WSTP” or “Server10”) on my HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer (i.e. Machine) and set it up so that I could do some testing of...
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Windows 8.1 with RAID0 SSD on the ODD SATA Port in a ProLiant DL320e Gen8 V2
By: John Stutsman Figure 1 — HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 with 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD attached to ODD SATA port (Bay 5) and powered from 4-pin FDD connector and two 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001s in Bays...
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SDM-R2 Review: Introduction – HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 — SDM-R2 with Screws and thick tape; Fan Mounting Kit; Two 7mm SSB’s; One 9.5mm SSB In December 2013 I had the good fortune to test the Beta version of the Schoondoggy...
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SDM-R2 Review: SSB – HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Three SSB kits: Two 7mm SSB kits on the left; One 9.5mm SSB kit on the right In February, 2015, Schoondoggy announced that he had made Schoondoggy Stacking Brackets...
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SDM-R2 Review: Fan Mount and SDM-R2 Installation – HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Preparing to mount the SDM-R2 (with Fan mounted in Left 2.5” Drive space and Two 9.5mm Corsair GT’s mounted in the Right 2.5” Drive space using a 9.5mm SSB Kit) into my...
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SDM-R2 Review: Testing and Wrap-Up – HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – One of the Test configurations using two 50x50x20mm Box Fans in addition to the 60x60x15mm Box Fan on the SDM-R2 One of my first group of tests was to measure the...
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