So this is a new “feature” – rather than post each and every time something happens that isn’t necessarily big news, or someone posts an interesting article on another site, I thought I would just do a weekly round up post, that way if it’s interesting you can go off and read it, and if you are not interested, it’s easy to skip. Anything really big or interesting will continue to get posted straight away.
Obviously the biggest WHS news this week is the announcement that HP are releasing a new HP MediaSmart Server next week called the LX195. The LX195 is a single drive model that comes with an Intel Atom processor and retails in the US for $399. To read the review and in-depth walkthrough we wrote, click here.
Do you have an Apple Mac? Would you like to run the Windows Home Server Console on it? Well the Windows Home Server Team Blog has posted an article on how you can do it. To read the article click here.
Donavon over at HomeServerHacks posted one of his usual excellent articles on how to upgrade your MediaSmart Server – this time how to upgrade the memory on the new HP MediaSmart LX195. Whilst it really is not that difficult, and is nowhere near as fiddly as the previous versions, it nice to have a simple walkthrough with lots of pretty pictures to guide you if you are not sure. To read the article and look at the pictures, click here.
My good friend David over at the HomeServerShow posted an interesting article on how to use Google Analytics with your Windows Home Server so that you can tell who is viewing your WHS Front End. To read the article click here. And whilst you are there, drop David a congratulations email on the arrival of his new son 🙂
And finally, if you are upset that HP haven’t released the HP MediaSmart Server 2.5 Update for the EX470 or EX475 then you can go read how to hack the update and your MSS on MediaSmartServer.net and get it running. To read the article click here. A big word of caution here though folks – this is completely unsupported, may in fact break your MSS, and could also mean that any legitimate updates, such as the forthcoming update to deliver Apple Time Machine and also Amazon S3 support to the EX470 and EX475, may not work. You have been warned! Just ask yourself the simple question – do I really need those add-ins, and if I do, can I get something similar without risking my box?
