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Icy Dock announces the MB662USEB-2S Dual Bay RAID external enclosure for 3.5”...
Icy Dock is at it again with RAID. This time it’s an external box that will hold two 3.5” drives, 3 RAID modes, and 4 different ways to access it. USB 2.0, eSATA, Firewire 400, and Firewire 800. Icy...
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Icy Dock MB973SP-B Tray-Less 3 in 2 SATA Backplane Module Review
One of the best features of store bought servers is the ability to add and remove drives without having to take a case apart and mess with those tiny screws. For home builders, that convenience just...
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The Home Server Show 162
The Home Server Show unplugged. No Ads. No intro. Just talk. Rich from Rich’s Random Podcast Generator joins Jim and myself for a little chat. Don’t miss the ending. Happy Thanksgiving. Jim’s new...
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The Home Server Show 178
We have two servers to talk about. The Lacie 5big Network 2 and the HP Microserver N40L. Lots of other hardware to talk about and I’ve got a deal for you on Raxco’s PerfectDisk for Windows Home...
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The Home Server Show 200
We bid farewell to Johnny Z in this, the 200th episode of The Home Server Show podcast. Jim dials in from the West Coast and Dave is crying in his coffee about Windows Home Server or the lack thereof....
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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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The Home Server Show 204
Jim and Dave tackle the news after taking Halloween night off. Some real server news! Dave and Jim discuss moving from 2011 to 2012 Essentials. Dave needs to do this and use the same hardware. How to...
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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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HP Microserver Discussed on The Home Server Show
When I say all Microserver, I mean ALL Microserver. The entire episode is dedicated to “the little server that could.” This thing can do it all and my guests have done it! I’m talking with Chris...
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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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Using SSD’s in a HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 V2
By: John Stutsman Figure 1 — HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 with 2 Samsung 840 Pro SSD’s installed In the previous blog “HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 V2 and Windows Server 2012R2” (...
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Attaching a HDD to the ODD SATA Port in a HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 V2
By: John Stutsman Figure 1 — HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 with 1TB 2.5” WD10JUCT attached to ODD SATA port and powered from 4-pin FDD connector The HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 V2 is designed to...
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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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Windows Server 2012R2 installed on my Gen8 MicroServer ODD SATA
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 — HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer with 240GB Corsair GT SSD attached to ODD SATA (SATA II 3Gbps) Port 5 and powered from 4-pin FDD connector – secured with tape My objective...
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The Icy Dock 5.25” ExpressCage MB324SP-B for four 2.5” drives – Part 1 of 3
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B – 4 Bay 2.5” SAS/SATA HDD Hot Swap Cage for 5.25” Bay In preparation for the HomeServerShow Meetup 2015 I was asked to review the Icy Dock...
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The Icy Dock 5.25” ExpressCage MB324SP-B for four 2.5” drives – Part 2 of 3
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B – 4 Bay 2.5” SAS/SATA HDD Hot Swap Cage for 5.25” Bay This is Part 2 of a 3 part series on the Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B. In this...
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The Icy Dock 5.25” ExpressCage MB324SP-B for four 2.5” drives – Part 3 of 3
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B – 4 Bay 2.5” SAS/SATA HDD Hot Swap Cage for 5.25” Bay This is Part 3 of a 3 part series on the Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B. In this...
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The Icy Dock 5.25” ExpressCage MB324SP-B for four 2.5” drives in Lian-Li PC-K9WX
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B – 4 Bay 2.5” SAS/SATA HDD Hot Swap Cage for 5.25” Bay In preparation for the HomeServerShow Meetup 2015 I was asked to review the Icy Dock...
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Setting up my HP ProLiant ML10v2 for the first time, Part 2: Installing my OS...
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Installing the Icy Dock EZConvert Air’s holding my SSDs in the HP ProLiant ML10v2 4 drive cage In Part 2 of Setting up my HP ProLiant ML10v2 for the first time I install...
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Setting up my HP ProLiant ML10v2 for the first time, Part 3: Using iLO4 to...
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Successful Installation of Windows Server 2012R2 on my HP ProLiant ML10v2 In Part 3 of Setting up my HP ProLiant ML10v2 for the first time I installed Windows Server...
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