So just what is P80 and what can it do for you? In simple terms it is a web site you view via your home page of your WHS that allows you to view various aspects of your WHS in one easy to use web page.
I noticed this morning that a new update for Windows Home Server sneaked out yesterday. Don’t worry, its not a major bug fix and unfortunately it’s not any new functionality! It is an update to resolve a WHS Console screen resolution problem.
Drive Balancer is an add-in for Windows Home Server that is designed to evenly distribute your data across your WHS pooled hard drives regardless of the space or number of drives available. It is not a WHS Add-In in the traditional sense in that it does not integrate into the Windows Home Server console instead it is run from directly on the Home Server in a command prompt window.
Have you ever heard the cooling fans on your Home Server kick into noisy mode and not known why or is the performance of your Home Server not as snappy as you expect it should be? Well here is an Add in that might be able to help you resolve those issues without having to Remote Desktop in or connect a keyboard/mouse/display to your Home Server.
There seems to be a lot of people who are still a little unsure about adding or removing drives on their Windows Home Servers, so I figured some simple walk-throughs would help here. In this first walk-through, I will discuss removing a hard drive from the storage pool.
