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A collection of 7 posts

Unitrends Free - Review: Part 2

In Part 1 [http://www.vspecialist.co.uk/unitrends-free-review-part-1/] of this review, I walked through the deployment and initial configuration of the Unitrends Free backup appliance. I'm now going to touch briefly on some of the other features of the product before summarising my thoughts. Recovery There'

Unitrends Free - Review: Part 1

I was asked to give a new, free backup tool a quick road-test recently. Unitrends have had an Enterprise version of their backup software for some time. And, as I've used it a bit in my lab with an NFR license in the past I was only too

Synology DS1513+ Released

The Synology DS1512 has been a popular choice for many home labs in recent years. I hoped that the company's raft of recent product updates would reach this model eventually. Well my wish was granted as Synology have announced the DS1513+ [http://originwww.synology.com/support/news.php?

New HP Proliant Microserver N40L

[https://blog.v12n.io/content/images/wordpress/2011/11/proliant_microserver.jpg] HP have recently updated their Proliant Microserver to sport a slightly nippier processor. As well as the 250Gb SATA drive it also now comes with 2Gb RAM as standard – although if you're thinking of using one

Pimp My Microserver!

[https://blog.v12n.io/content/images/wordpress/2011/10/pimp_my_microserver.jpg] I'm not normally in the habit of posting this sort of thing but I do own a number of these MicroServers and they're great for home lab use. They may only take up

VMworld Hands-on-Labs

I thought that I should mention the Hands-on-Labs in a separate post because they were very slickly implemented and managed, a testament to the people who put them together. Not only that though, it was VMware eating their own dog food in a very public way and, in my opinion,

HP MicroServer Cashback Offer Extended (March 2011)

[https://blog.v12n.io/content/images/wordpress/2011/03/microserver.png]Just in case @kiwi_si hasn't posted about this, it seems that the cashback offer on HP's MicroServer has been extended again until the 31st Macrh 2011. Even better, ServersPlus [http://www.serversplus.com] have