Just one small note on the HP Media Smart boxen. To do anything more than what is provided via the HP console you need to RDP in to the box. HP will not support *anything* that requires or that is configured by RDP ing in to the home server. (I worked support for HP Media Smart for a wee while) -----Original Message----- From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Home server system
Any recommendations for a reliable and hopefully fairly cheap server system for the home? One of my colleagues recommended the HP MediaSmart ex475 coupled with Windows Home Server, are there anything else people can recommend? Also, does Windows Home Server offer any particular software or benefits or is it just aimed at being simple for the non-technical user? I can see it has backup and remote access capabilities - I'm not really that bothered about the remote access features for sharing across the internet, but anything else is probably a plus. How much extra does the Home Server stuff give you when compared to some sort of baby NAS device like a TeraStation? I was hoping to be able to get something decent for under £1000, at the least. Storage, availability and backup are probably the primary concerns I'm addressing, but I'm open to all sorts of other features as well. I don't have masses of data at the moment, but I might start storing VM files on there for some testing purposes, so I'll probably need a wedge of capacity. -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
