In the end, most of the time I come down to: Freenas - lightweight, can run on anything, I normally boot to freenas on a cf card, and it works just a file dump
Or Whs if I want something to store data, connect mediacenters and do automated backups Sent via BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Naushad Zulfiqar <z00...@gmail.com> Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:14:00 To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Reply-To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Building a file server? No advantage. Better if you run a linux distro meant to be a file server. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Anthony Q. Martin <amar...@charter.net>wrote: > If I'm running Win7 on everything, is there an advantage to running > Windows Server 2008? I can get the software so cost is not much of an issue > here. > > On 9/17/2010 1:15 PM, Julian Zottl wrote: > >> Depending on what you're doing, I have several suggestions. >> >> FreeNAS: Excellent FREE product that turns your machine into a >> NAS/Bittorent >> client (Transmission)/UPnP server (I use it to stream to a >> PS3)/iTunes/DAAP >> server. It has support for hardware RAID and software RAID. Support >> FTP/SMB(Windows file shares)/NFS/Rsync etc. http://www.freenas.org >> >> Windows 2008: Great server OS, but not cheap. You can run pretty much any >> services you want from it, like the PS3 streaming server, fold...@homeetc. >> Supports SMB and NFS. >> >> >> >> >> ---- >> Julian >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Anthony Q. Martin<amar...@charter.net >> >wrote: >> >> 1st, this is for home use. But I frequently work on "work" stuff at >>> home, >>> so I do consider a lot of my "data" to be critical to me...but I have a >>> lot >>> of it spread between multiple computers (work and home). >>> >>> So, what would I like to do? >>> >>> 1) store all of my stuff in one place....so I would need RAID and/or >>> backup. >>> 2) be able to stream music to any PC in the house, including phones and >>> slate computers (future) >>> 3) be able to download stuff from/to my TIVO to/from it. (the TIVO files >>> do >>> get big and I really don't need to back those up); but I want my TIVOs to >>> "see" this server. >>> 4) sync folders between laptop and server (via wireless network) >>> >>> Ultimately, it would be nice to just store all my stuff on it and have it >>> protected and backed up. Then get to it all from over network connection >>> from any PC. >>> >>> I don't need to stream movies. Though neat to do, I can get by without >>> that. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> On 9/17/2010 11:15 AM, Richard Quilhot wrote: >>> >>> RAID would be recommended, if you will be storing critical data and need >>>> faster I/O responses. >>>> The backup included with Win Server will be the bare basics, I would go >>>> with >>>> a more robust product like Backup Exec. >>>> >>>> The bigger question is what do you want it to do? >>>> >>>> Rick Q >>>> quilh...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Anthony Q. Martin<amar...@charter.net >>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> So, no one here builds their on file servers? Or, are people just >>>> using >>>> >>>>> NAS devices? >>>>> >>>>> On 9/14/2010 8:00 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I've got an extra PC here with a Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3GHz with 2GB ram >>>>> >>>>>> in >>>>>> a NZXT case. It's got a rather low end mobo but it does have 1Gbit >>>>>> networking. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm thinking of turning this into a file server rather than buying a >>>>>> NAS. >>>>>> I'm thinking of Windows Server 2008 since I mainly have Windows 7 >>>>>> running >>>>>> here. >>>>>> >>>>>> Other than backups, what else can I get such a system to do? Does >>>>>> Windows >>>>>> Server include all of the necessary software or would I have to buy >>>>>> something else for streaming, etc. I assume it has a network backup >>>>>> tool. >>>>>> Would some kind of raid configuration be wise for this? Pros& >>>>>> Cons? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>>>> Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3140 - Release Date: >>>>>> 09/17/10 >>>>>> 02:34:00 >>>>>> >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>>> Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3140 - Release Date: >>>>> 09/17/10 >>>>> 02:34:00 >>>>> >>>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3140 - Release Date: 09/17/10 >>>> 02:34:00 >>>> >>>> -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad
