Summary: Should you purchase Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials or wait? MSDN, TechNet, DreamSpark, bad 3TB drives and more on Home Server Show 276. Episode Sponsor: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse/?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&node=2242532011&tag=thehomsershop-20&linkId=XPN7NW67L5QZBGJJ">Amazon Trade In</a> This podcast is a member of <a href="http://thegeeksnetwork.com/" target="_blank">The Geeks Network</a>. Check out other great podcasts and forums there. If you want to support this podcast please shop via our affiliate links. <a href="http://bit.ly/tIe3aF">iOS App Store</a> <a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-3070213-10440557" target="_blank">Newegg.com</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2F&tag=thehomsershop-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">Amazon.com</a> <a href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-3070213-10673373" target="_blank">Dell.com and Dell Outlet</a> HomeServerShow.com is <a href="http://www.knownhost.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=525" target="_blank">hosted by KnownHost.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/homeservershow">Follow the Podcast on Twitter!</a> <a href="http://youtube.com/homeservershow">Watch and Subscribe on YouTube</a> [iTunes] <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=y6YTCKf0cY8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fpodcast%252Fthe-home-server-show-podcast%252Fid281018858%253Fuo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30">Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes(MP3).</a> [Zune] <a>Subscribe to the Podcast in the Zune Marketplace.</a> [RSS] <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/HSSPodcast">Add the Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator.</a> <a href="http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8772-another-highly-questionable-post-from-backblaze/">Skip 3TB drives or not?</a> <a href="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/best-hard-drive/">https://www.backblaze.com/blog/best-hard-drive/</a> <a href="http://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-buy-4-tb-hard-drives-and-skip-the-3-tb-o-1680887763">http://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-buy-4-tb-hard-drives-and-skip-the-3-tb-o-1680887763</a>? I don't have MSDN! <a href="http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8750-msdntechnetdreamspark/?hl=msdn">http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8750-msdntechnetdreamspark/?hl=msdn</a> DreamSpark - <a href="https://www.dreamspark.com/">https://www.dreamspark.com/</a> <a href="http://iosafe.com/1515-nas-backup-archive-dr-appliance">ioSafe 1515+</a> <a href="http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8810-server-2012-r2-now-349-buy-now-or-wait/">Buy or Wait?</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=+Windows+2012+Essential+R2">Here is the pricing we saw</a>. $389 It could change though. <a href="http://homeservershow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/HSS720340.png"></a>
