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Home Server Upgrades
A couple of weeks ago I had a hard drive die on my Home Server. I’m not thrilled about having to buy more parts, but it is what it is. On the plus side, today I received the new hard drive for my Home...
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P35-DS3P v1.1 – 8GB (4x2GB)
Over a year ago I had purchased 8GB of G.Skill memory for my home Virtual Server. Unfortunately, I was never able to get the memory to boot properly. I tried tweaking timings, updating the BIOS,...
View ArticleHyper-V – Virtual Machine Key Combinations
With the recent upgrades, came a reinstall (or two) of Windows Home Server. Everything went fairly smoothly with the install after getting the memory configuration all sorted out. The only downside...
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Windows 7 – XP Mode
I have been using Windows 7 for some time now, over 6 months minimum. I first opted in as part of the ‘pre-release‘ program, mainly because it was free — and found out I love the new operating system....
View ArticleHome Server: Approaching End of Life
I built my current home server as a dedicated storage server for WHS back in 2008. Since then I have added plenty of hard drives, expanding my storage from 2TB to 14TB. I have added sata backplanes,...
View ArticleHome Server: All-in-One or Stand-Alone?
Continuing from yesterday, I am finally considering a new home server build. I have a lot of goals I want to achieve, some for fun home projects and others to support work objectives. The trick is...
View ArticleHome Server: Potential Build Options
I have two configurations I am considering, an all-in-one and a stand-alone setup. I am struggling between the two. They both have pro’s and con’s. I just can’t seem to figure out which is “better.”...
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HDHomeRun Prime
Six years ago I built a Media Center that used a Hauppauge WinTVHVR1600 TV Tuner. This was great at the time, when HD was not really a concern. However, I have since come to find HD-content as a...
View ArticleX10SDV-F: VMware 6.0 Passthrough Fail (Part 1)
I recently picked up an X10SDV-F to use in my home lab. The goal was to replace some aging components, including an older virtual server and my loud and power hungry firewall. The X10SDV features an...
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X10SDV-F: VMware 6.0 Intel NIC Passthrough Fail (Part 2)
After this weekends network card passthrough fail with the EXPI9404PT on VMware 6.0 I was feeling pretty discouraged, so I took a break for a day. I decided to try again today since I have a couple...
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