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December 2011

  1. IBM ServeRAID M1015 Part 3: SMART Passthrough on the LSI 9220-8i
  2. IBM ServeRAID M1015 Part 2: Performance of the LSI 9220-8i
  3. Seagate one-ups Western Digital, Slashing Warranties
  4. Western Digital Downgrades Warranty on New Drives Starting January 2, 2012
  5. IBM ServeRAID M1015 Part 1: Getting Started with the LSI 9220-8i

November 2011

  1. AdminiMe 2012 for Windows Home Server (WHS V1) Released
  2. AMD’s New Bulldozer based Interlagos and Valencia CPUs
  3. ServeTheHome in the Cloud… Amazon’s EC2
  4. NetApp Refreshes its low-end with the FAS2240 and repositioning the FAS2040
  5. Corsair Force Series 3 120GB Review Update – Installing new firmware to fix a disappearing drive

October 2011

  1. Mid-range DIY Storage Server Buyer’s Guide, October 2011
  2. Time to buy traditional hard drives for Q4 2011?
  3. Entry DIY Storage Server Buyer’s Guide, October 2011

September 2011

  1. Intel vPro Technology: Patrick on Tom’s Hardware
  2. ServeTheHome’s big speed increases and a call for help
  3. New Hard Drive Pricing Regime: 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and now 4TB Cost per GB
  4. AMD 16-Core Interlagos Opteron 6200 Series Shipping

August 2011

  1. Corsair Force Series 3 120GB Review and Benchmarks
  2. AMD Interlagos Motherboards Quick Note on 1600MHz RAM Compatibility
  3. Tyan S5510 (S5510GM3NR) mATX Sandy Bridge Xeon LGA1155 C204 Motherboard Review
  4. Using Intel vPro to Remotely Power Cycle a Client PC

July 2011

  1. Intel vPro to the Atom: Only a matter of time
  2. Backblaze Storage Pod Upgraded – 135TB in 4U for under $8,000
  3. Quick Look: Adaptec 6E Series 6805E and 6405E RAID Controllers
  4. Netflix raises prices (a lot) and what that means for SMB/ home server offerings
  5. LSI 9211-8i SAS2008 6.0gbps SAS 2/ SATA III RAID 0/1/10 Controller
  6. How to Install/ Upgrade Memory and a BBU on a HP Smart Array P411

June 2011

  1. California’s New Law and the Effect on California/ STH
  2. Keeping Servers On: BIOS Setup for Availability
  3. Quick Look: Silicon Image SiI3124 Based eSATA with RAID 5 and Port Multiplier Support
  4. Supermicro X9SCM-F Sandy Bridge Xeon LGA1155 C204 Motherboard Review
  5. Apple Sends Cease and Desist Order to Amahi – Name the Amahi (App)lication Store
  6. Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Ethernet Adapter PCIe x1 Quick-Review
  7. ASUS P8B WS Sandy Bridge Xeon LGA1155 C206 Motherboard Review
  8. Sub-$10K NAS Market Spikes, Hitachi’s Cloud Storage, Adaptec 6-Series Win
  9. Hitachi 5K3000 3TB 3.5? Green Drive with SilentSpin Review with Benchmarks
  10. Intel Pro/1000 GT PCI Desktop Gigabit Adapter Quick-Review
  11. ASUS P8B-X Sandy Bridge Xeon LGA1155 C202 Motherboard Review
  12. Fusion-io IPO, Hitachi Ships More Drives with Revenues Cratering, Folding@Home’s New 6903 WUs, and STH at Two
  13. How to Fix the 746GB Available of a 3TB Hard Drive Issue
  14. Apple’s iCloud: Not the End to SMB/ Home Storage Servers
  15. Happy Birthday ServeTheHome, Turning Two Years Old!
  16. Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB SD Card Review: 802.11n, RAW, and Movie Capture to the Network
  17. ASUS P8Q67-M DO/CSM Sandy Bridge LGA1155 Motherboard Review
  18. Windows 8 Preview, Intel’s Threat, QNAP Expanding
  19. Map Eye-Fi to Windows Home Server 2011 Share to Save Files to the WHS

May 2011

  1. European Union to Scrutinize the WD-Hitachi and Seagate-Samsung Deals
  2. FTC Second Request in Seagate-Samsung, Gigabyte Xeon E3 Boards, Addonics NAS, Tough Mudder
  3. Newegg Hitachi Hard Drive Packaging – May 2011 Update
  4. SanDisk’s Acquisition of Pliant – The First Step?
  5. Folding@home Benchmark Launched
  6. Supermicro H8DG6-F Dual AMD Socket G34 Motherboard Review
  7. Low Cost NAS Boxes and Performance over Time
  8. Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Essentials: CPU/ Memory Sizing
  9. EMC and NetApp do Hadoop, Intel Z68/ 22nm Atom, LSI shipping volume, Gluster Appliance
  10. Absolute versus Relative Mouse in AMI MegaRAC IPMI 2.0 based KVM-over-IP
  11. Amazon’s Cloud Drive and Cloud Player: Augmenting the Home Server
  12. Supermicro H8QGi-F Review of a Quad AMD G34 Motherboard
  13. Setting Up Microsoft iSCSI Initiator with Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
  14. Intel 22nm 3D Transistors, Seagate 1TB Platters
  15. Kingston Security Labels: Always Check When Purchasing
  16. TYAN S8812 (S8812WGM3NR) Quad G34 Motherboard Review
  17. Creating a iSCSI Target with VHD in Windows Server 2008 R2

April 2011

  1. Ubuntu 11.04 Released, Toshiba’s NAND Announcements, Apple’s iCloud
  2. Installing an iSCSI Target on Windows Server 2008 R2
  3. ASUS P67 Sabertooth and Tyan S5512WGM2NR Stability Update
  4. Tyan S8230GM4NR Dual AMD G34 Motherboard Review Quad LAN
  5. Thin Provisioning and Storage Systems
  6. OCZ Accused of Fraud, Seagate-Samsung, EMC Earnings, WD Earnings
  7. ASUS P6X58-E WS Motherboard Review
  8. Tyan IPMI 2.0 Remote Management WebGUI Tour
  9. Seagate – Samsung Deal the Storage Industry Impact
  10. Intel Xeon X5670 Dual Six Core Processor Benchmarks and Review
  11. Samsung Selling Hard Drive Unit? Seagate a buyer?
  12. Cloud Storage Shut-down while Viking SATADIMMs, ATTO 10GbE, and OCZ Vertex 3 all Ship
  13. AMD Dual Opteron 6166 HE Magny Cours Benchmarks and Review
  14. Tyan S8236WGM3NR Dual AMD G34 Motherboard Review with LSI SAS2008
  15. ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Sandy Bridge P67 LGA 1155 Motherboard ATX Review B3
  16. Intel Xeon E3-1270 Sandy Bridge Benchmarks and Review
  17. Intel Xeon E3-Bromolow Launch, OCZ Vertex 3, Microsoft Free iSCSI Target, New Windows Servers Hit RTM
  18. Intel Xeon E3-1240 Sandy Bridge Benchmarks and Review
  19. Tyan S5512WGM2NR C204 Xeon E3 LSI SAS2008 Motherboard Review
  20. Intel Xeon E3 and C202, C204, C206 Bromolow-Sandy Bridge Platform Review
  21. Supermicro AOC-STGN-i2S Dual SFP+ Intel 82599 10GbE Controller Review
  22. Amazon Cloud Drive, DVD Market Shrinking, Intel SSD 320 Launched, OCZ-Indilinx Closed News for the Week

March 2011

  1. Intel C202, C204, C206 Bromolow Xeon E3 Sandy Bridge Chipset Preview
  2. ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution B3 Motherboard Review
  3. Intel Xeon L5640 60w Dual Six Core Processor Benchmarks and Review
  4. ASRock 350M1 Motherboard Review with AMD Brazos E-350 APU mITX
  5. AT&T-T-Mobile USA Merger, Netlist EXPRESSvault Cache Backup, Gluster joins Openstack News
  6. ASUS P67 Sabertooth B3 TUF Motherboard Review
  7. Supermicro C7P67 Sandy Bridge P67 Motherboard Review it Overclocks
  8. Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Server Backups the Easy and Hard Ways
  9. AMD Zacate E-350 1.6GHz Fusion APU Brazos Benchmarks and Review
  10. OCZ-Indlinx, ONFI 3.0, Intel Microservers Weekly News
  11. How to Create a TrueCrypt Encrypted External Storage Drive USB or eSATA
  12. Supermicro SC842TQ-665B 4U Rackmount Hotswap Chassis Review
  13. Intel Xeon E5606 80w Quad Core Dual CPU Benchmarks and Review
  14. Intel Xeon E3-1280 Sandy Bridge Benchmarks and Review
  15. Western Digital-Hitachi, NetApp-LSI,Fusion-io 1.4m IOPS News for the Week
  16. Intel Xeon W3550 Benchmarks and Review
  17. NetApp Buys LSI Engenio External Storage Systems Business
  18. Unbuffered versus Registered ECC Memory – Difference between ECC UDIMMs and RDIMMs
  19. Supermicro X8DTH-6F Motherboard Review Dual LGA 1366 Xeon LSI SAS2008 Dual IOH 7 PCIe Slots IPMI 2.0
  20. Western Digital buys Hitachi GST for $4.3 billion – Patrick’s Take
  21. Intel Xeon E3-1230 Sandy Bridge Benchmarks and Review
  22. Intel 510 SSD, SandForce SF-2200 Preview, LSI 9265-8i 9285-8e Amahi 6 News Roundup
  23. Building a 4U Dual Processor System with Multiple NICs and RAID Controllers
  24. Corsair Performance 3 Series P3-128 (120GB) Benchmarks and Review
  25. CloudBerry Online (and Network) Backup for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

February 2011

  1. Intel Xeon E3-1220 Sandy Bridge Benchmarks and Review
  2. Storage News: ATTO ExpressSAS v2.10, Corsair’s 25nm NAND Swap, MacBook Pros Go Sandy Bridge with Thunderbolt, New Acer Storage Servers, New STH RSS Feed
  3. Dynamic Memory and Hyper-V Guide in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  4. The Big WHS: February 2011 Update
  5. Anatomy of a Hardware RAID Controller
  6. Map a Network Drive to a WHS Shared Folder in Windows
  7. Storage News: Supermicro C202-C204 Motherboards, iSuppli Expects NAND Explosion, Server 2008 R2 SP1 Out
  8. Configuring Windows 7 Libraries, iTunes, Amazon MP3 Downloader, Handbrake, and FRAPS with a NAS
  9. ASUS P8P67 Pro Sandy Bridge LGA 1155 Motherboard ATX Review
  10. Storage Tiering: A Primer on Cost-Effective Tiered Storage and Caching
  11. Intel Core i5-2500K Review: Sandy Bridge’s Best Value?
  12. Storage News Roundup: Q4’2010 Hard Drive Market Analysis, Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 RTM, OCZ 25nm NAND Debacle, Microsoft-Nokia
  13. Differences between Hardware RAID, HBAs, and Software RAID
  14. How to Setup a RAID 1 Array on Intel ICH Chipsets Using Matrix Storage Manager
  15. ASUS P8H67-M EVO Sandy Bridge LGA 1155 Motherboard mATX Review
  16. Hitachi 5K3000 2TB 3.5″ Green Drive with SilentSpin Review with Benchmarks
  17. Storage News Roundup: Intel Cougar Point Recall, WHS 2011 and SBS 2011 Essentials, Fusion-io, Mozy, InnoDisk
  18. Windows Home Server 2011 and Small Business Server 2011 Release Candidates
  19. ServeTheHome Article Suggestions Requested
  20. Internal or External Hard Drives: Are Warranties Worth the Cost?
  21. Hyper-V Networking and Virtual Switches Overview

January 2011

  1. Intel Sandy-Bridge Cougar Point Flaw and Editorial Analysis
  2. SAS/ SATA Cables Guide – SFF-8087, 8088, 8470, 8482, 8484, and single device connectors
  3. Storage News Roundup: OCZ Z-Drive R3 PCIe SSD, Ultrastar 7K3000, Mozy Restore Manager, Kingston-JMicron
  4. Supermciro SC-731i-300B Mid-Tower mATX Chassis Review
  5. Install NexentaStor to VMware ESXi Virtual Machine Guide
  6. Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K and H67 Chipset: A Home Server Focused Review
  7. Hyper-V Disk Pass-Through Quick Guide
  8. First Look: Norco 2U and 4U JBOD and SAS Expander Chassis Releasing Next Week!
  9. Supermicro SC933T-R760B 3U 15x 3.5? SAS/SATA Storage Chassis Review
  10. Create a NexentaStor VMware ESXi Virtual Machine
  11. ServerControl for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Windows Servers
  12. Supermicro SC216E1-R900LPB Review 24x 2.5in hot-swap chassis with 900w Redundant PSU
  13. 120mm Fan Partition for Norco RPC-4220 and RPC-4020
  14. Redundant Power Supply Units (PSUs) – How They Work – An Overview
  15. LSI Controller Re-branding Help Requested
  16. ZFSguru 0.1.7 (final) Released
  17. ServeTheHome.com Forums – an Introduction

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December 2010

  1. iPhone and iPod Touch NAS Integration with NetPortal by Stratospherix
  2. Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G 4GB (2x2GB) ECC Unbuffered UDIMM Kit Changes
  3. IBM ServeRAID BR10i LSI SAS3082E-R PCI-Express SAS RAID Controller
  4. Entry DIY Storage Server Buyer’s Guide, December 2010
  5. Configure Passthrough-VMDirectPath in VMWare ESXi for RAID Cards, HBAs, and USB Drives
  6. Mid-range DIY Storage Server Buyer’s Guide, December 2010
  7. NAS and iPad Integration – Storing Files on Network Attached Storage for Remote iPad Use
  8. High-End DIY Storage Server Buyer’s Guide, December 2010
  9. G.Skill Phoenix Pro Review 60GB Sandforce SSD
  10. LSI 9211-8i SAS 2008 8x SSD in RAID 0 Bug and Workaround Found

November 2010

  1. Vail Abandons Drive Extender V2 – An Opportunity for Microsoft, I Hope
  2. ASUS P7F-E Server Motherboard Review
  3. Intel ICH10R: 660MB/s SATA Limit Fact or Fiction?
  4. Windows Dynamic Disk RAID 0 versus Intel ICH10R RAID 0 with Intel X25-M G2 80GB
  5. Hitachi Releases Specs of 3TB 7,200rpm and 5,200rpm drives
  6. Intel X25-M G2 80GB SATA II 2.5? Review
  7. Supermicro X8SI6-F Motherboard Review Including Onboard LSI SAS 2008 Controller
  8. IPMI Remote Reboot Upon Kernel Panic – Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and WHS
  9. ADATA S599 64GB Sandforce SSD SATA II 2.5″ Review
  10. Mesa ZFS Web Interface Benchmark/ Stress Test 0.1.7-Preview2
  11. Mixing 7,200rpm and 5,400rpm “Green” hard drives in RAID 0
  12. How-to Flash Supermicro X8SI6-F LSI SAS 2008 Controller with LSI IT Firmware Guide

October 2010

  1. Supermicro IPMIview Review – Remote Server Monitoring and Management and KVM-over-IP
  2. Mesa ZFS Web Interface Benchmark/ Stress Test 0.1.7-Preview
  3. Western Digital Green 2.5TB and 3TB for Home Servers
  4. AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.1GHz CPU Review
  5. Flashing Intel SASUC8I to LSI IT Firmware Guide
  6. AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz CPU Review
  7. Isilon is Seeking Bidders

September 2010

  1. AMD Athlon II X2 260 Regor 3.2GHz CPU Review
  2. ZFS Safe? NetApp and Oracle Agree to Dismiss ZFS Lawsuit
  3. Intel SASUC8I and LSI SAS3081E-R LSI 1068e Based RAID Controller Review
  4. Why Excess Capacity for WHS/ Vail/ Aurora and Hot Spares for RAID are Necessary – Mean Time to Recover (MTTR) Guide

August 2010

  1. The RAID Reliability Anthology – Part 1 – The Primer
  2. Tech Spending Weakness in Q3 2010
  3. ASoft WHS DevKit 2 Version 1.1 Released
  4. Secure Windows 7 VM on a WHS Server in Hyper-V
  5. Intel’s Atom D425 and D525 Announcement – STH’s View
  6. Apex MI-100 mITX HTPC Case Review
  7. Recover Data off of a Windows Home Server Failing Drive

July 2010

  1. Determine WinSAT CPU Sub Score from the Command Line
  2. Intel BOXDH57JG H57 mini ITX Motherboard Review
  3. ZOTAC NM10-A-E Motherboard Review with Atom Dual-Core D510
  4. How to Install EON ZFS Storage on an Oracle VirtualBox VM
  5. Intel Atom D510 Review and Comparison to N330-ION
  6. How to Install EON ZFS Storage in Oracle VirtualBox on Windows 7 64 bit
  7. How to Install Oracle VirtualBox (for a test ZFS Storage virtualization platform) on Windows 7 x64
  8. Intel Xeon X3460 Review for the Home and Small Business Server Mini- Review

June 2010

  1. Installing Windows Home Server Connector Software Without the CD
  2. Intel X25-V 40GB Raid 0 Benchmarks
  3. How to remove a drive in Windows Home Server
  4. OCZ Agility 2 120GB SandForce SSD Review
  5. Intel S3420GPLC Motherboard Review
  6. Newegg 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2TB Hard Drive Ratings – What is the best drive manufacturer
  7. Supermicro X8ST3-F Motherboard Review
  8. Patriot PS-100 Benchmark Update New Firmware v3.000
  9. Intel Xeon X3440 for the Windows Home Server Mini-Review

May 2010

  1. ASoft’s AdminiMe 2010 Windows Home Server Add-in – Update 1
  2. SAS Expanders, Build Your Own JBOD DAS Enclosure and Save – Iteration 2 – A Better Solution
  3. The Big WHS: May Update 60TB Edition
  4. Intel Core i3-530 and Supermicro X8SIL-F Power Consumption (plus Xeon X3440)
  5. Supermicro X8SIL-F Motherboard Review
  6. SAS Expanders, Build Your Own JBOD DAS Enclosure and Save – Iteration 1
  7. Supermicro X8SIL-F v1.01 versus v1.02 differences
  8. Supermicro RMA Support for the X8SIL-F
  9. PMC-Sierra Acquires Adaptec RAID Business
  10. Supermicro X8SIL-F Compatibility with Intel Core i3?s / i5?s

April 2010

  1. Add 2TB+ GPT Disk/Volume to Windows Home Server v2 VAIL
  2. Exclude System Disk from Server Storage in Windows Home Server (WHS) V2 Vail
  3. DuplicationInfo: WHS Add-in Review
  4. AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE Based WHS: Fast and Hot!
  5. WHS Drive Extender v2 Dissected at Anandtech
  6. Windows Server Codename Vail – Headless Installation
  7. Windows Home Server (WHS) V2 VAIL – Installed in Hyper-V – Early Release Clue
  8. Windows Home Server (WHS) V2 Vail Beta Preview
  9. ASoft’s AutoExit WHS Add-in: A Better Way to Remotely Shutdown and Restart Client PC’s
  10. Testing Update – Timeline, New SSDs, AMD Socket AM3 with USB 3.0 and SATA 3
  11. AMD Sempron 140 Sargas 2.7GHz – Low Power WHS Review (In a BOX)
  12. ASoft AdminiMe: Windows Home Server (WHS) Plug-in Review
  13. Install FreeNAS in Hyper-V: Part 2 Installing FreeNAS to a vhd
  14. Install FreeNAS in Hyper-V: Part 1 Basic Configuration
  15. Create a Hyper-V VM for FreeNAS, Openfiler, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, and more
  16. Patriot PS-100 Benchmark Update New Firmware v2.008

March 2010

  1. OCZ Vertex 120GB: Updated Raid 0 Benchmarks Intel RST 9.6.0.1014
  2. OCZ Vertex 120GB: Raid 0 Benchmarks and OCZ RMA Review
  3. The Big WHS: 8 File-Serving OS’s Virtualized in one 4U Server
  4. Testing the “limits” of WHS: 37 Drives = Fail
  5. HP MediaSmart and DataVault TiVo Integration Add-in
  6. WHS Tip: Remote Shutdown and Restart / Reboot Using Remote Desktop Connection (RDC)
  7. Intel’s New Atom Storage Platform, not for WHS v2/ Vail?
  8. HP MediaSmart / Data Vault X510 v 3.2.1.4990 software patch

February 2010

  1. OCZ Vertex LE 100GB and 200GB Available for Pre-Order
  2. Intel Core i5-650 v. Atom N330/ NVIDA ION Review
  3. The Big WHS: It Multi-tasks! (Thanks to Hyper-V Virtualization)
  4. The Big WHS: A Big Mother(board) Change of Plans
  5. Low Power Core i5-650 Server
  6. Intel Core i3-530 and Core i5-650 in the Windows Home Server (WHS)

January 2010

  1. The Big WHS Update: Sorting Controllers and other Issues
  2. Port Costs and the Home Server!
  3. The Big WHS: First (Big) Pictures
  4. The Big WHS Update: Prepping the Old System and New Parts
  5. The Big WHS – Disaster Strikes, Part II
  6. The Big WHS – Disaster Strikes, Part I
  7. The Big (30+ drive) Windows Home Server Quick Update
  8. The Big (30+ drive) Windows Home Server (Part 2) Hardware Selection
  9. The Big (30+ drive) Windows Home Server (Part 1)

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December 2009

  1. Dell Perc 5/i Raid Controller: Cheap Raid 5
  2. WHS Upgrade

November 2009

  1. Update: Patriot PS-100 32GB Raid 0 Benchmarks
  2. Patriot PS-100 32GB SSD
  3. Updated: SSD Drive and Controller List
  4. Four (4) Volume Per Physical Disk Limitation in WHS

October 2009

  1. Updated: SSD Drive and Controller List
  2. Updated: SSD Drive and Controller List
  3. The SSD Drive and Controller List
  4. Understanding Windows Home Server User Access Permissions

September 2009

  1. OCZ Vertex v. SAS 15k RPM Raid 5
  2. Windows Home Server Supported Memory (RAM)
  3. Windows Home Server Remote PC Backup
  4. iStarUSA BPN-350SAS-Black 3x 5.25″ to 5x 3.5″ SATA SAS Trayless Hotswap Backplane
  5. Athena Power BP-SATA1842C 4-in-1 1x 5.25″ to 4x 2.5″ Hot swap Backplane Enclosure
  6. Icy Dock 3 in 2 SATA/SAS Hot Swap Hard Drive Enclosure/Backplane Review

June 2009

  1. Troubleshooting Slow Read/ Transfer Speeds for a Windows Home Server
  2. 3x Seagate Cheetah 15k.5 Raid 5, Adaptec 3085
  3. Issue: Adaptec 5805 with Savvio 15k.1 Drives
  4. 7200.11 1.5TB Raid 5 Benches on a $120 Perc 5/i 512MB
  5. 7200.11 1.5TB on ICH10R in Raid 1
  6. Welcome to ServeTheHome.com

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