[OT] home server

2015-07-23 Thread ILT
I'd appreciate some advice, from those who dabble in this area (home networking, media server). As Windows 10 RTM approaches, I've been thinking of replacing my aged home network, based on a nice little HP Proliant Microserver N36L with 8Gb RAM running the defunct Windows Home Server 2011. I'm n

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2015-07-24 Thread Stephen Price
Synology NAS. Any model, choose based on your storage needs. Does all your file sharing, media stuff etc. I even got Crashplan running on it It's brilliant On Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 2:51 PM ILT wrote: > I’d appreciate some advice, from those who dabble in this area (home > networking, media server)

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2015-07-24 Thread Dave Walker
Yeah I'm looking at synology as well. Any recommendations? I was looking at a https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS415play with 2 3tb red drives for now. On 25 Jul 2015 09:44, "Stephen Price" wrote: > Synology NAS. Any model, choose based on your storage needs. > Does all your file sharing,

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2015-07-24 Thread David Burstin
Before you buy a synology, check out UnRaid. I've got it running on a hp microserver. Great product, great support and community and can't beat the price. On 25 Jul 2015 8:24 am, "Dave Walker" wrote: > Yeah I'm looking at synology as well. Any recommendations? > > I was looking at a https://www.s

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2015-07-24 Thread Stephen Price
I went for the 5 bay one the upgraded to an 8 bay. The 5 was then moved to our office and is our file server there. Love the cloud sync it means we can access Dropbox files without having to have the drive space on office laptops. The files sit on the nas and just share the folder. Forget the mode

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2015-07-25 Thread 罗格雷格博士
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2015-07-26 Thread David Connors
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2015-07-26 Thread Stephen Price
www.sqldownunder.com >> >> >> >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Price >> *Sent:* Saturday, 25 July 2015 12:05 PM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: [OT] home server >&g

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2015-07-26 Thread 罗格雷格博士
: www.sqldownunder.com<http://www.sqldownunder.com/> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Sunday, 26 July 2015 6:18 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] home server How much actual data do you guys have that you need to keep? Mulitple- ter

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2015-07-26 Thread Ken Schaefer
backups seem to consume space really quickly (64GB at a time for my wife’s phone) From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Sunday, 26 July 2015 6:18 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] home server How much actual data do you guys

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2015-07-26 Thread Stephen Price
really quickly (64GB at a time > for my wife’s phone) > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Connors > > > *Sent:* Sunday, 26 July 2015 6:18 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > > *Subject:* Re: [OT] home s

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2015-07-26 Thread ILT
Ken, are you still running WHS 2011? _ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 11:24 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Just setup files from

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2015-07-26 Thread Ken Schaefer
Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Essentials role). I have an AD domain at home, so I’ve joined it to that for SSO etc. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Monday, 27 July 2015 1:35 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] home s

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2015-07-26 Thread ILT
space (I do retain Tb-sized amounts of stuff) than spend on another box. _ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 1:58 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server

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2015-07-26 Thread David Burstin
tnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer > *Sent:* Monday, July 27, 2015 1:58 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: [OT] home server > > > > Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Essentials role). I have an AD domain at > home, so I’ve joined it to that for S

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2015-07-26 Thread ILT
how-will-it-work--1275009> ) was that it’s “not yet right for Windows”. _ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Burstin Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:24 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] home

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2015-07-26 Thread Stephen Price
otnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Burstin > *Sent:* Monday, July 27, 2015 2:24 PM > > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] home server > > > > Ian, if you already have the HP Microserver, I really think it would be > worth your time checking out UnRaid > <http://lim

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2015-07-28 Thread Ken Schaefer
to serve/backup files, then a NAS is probably going to be simpler to manage and consume less power. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Monday, 27 July 2015 2:20 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] home server Thanks Ken.

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2015-07-28 Thread Matt
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:24 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] home server   Ian, if you already have the HP Microserver, I really think it would be worth your time checking out UnRaid. I have been using

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2015-07-28 Thread David Burstin
f *David Burstin > *Sent:* Monday, July 27, 2015 2:24 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] home server > > > > Ian, if you already have the HP Microserver, I really think it would be > worth your time checking out UnRaid > <http://lime-technology.com/unraid-server/&g

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2015-07-28 Thread Adrian Halid
ase contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then delete both messages From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Burstin Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2015 1:06 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Sorry for the slow r

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2015-07-28 Thread Adrian Halid
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Monday, 27 July 2015 12:20 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] home server Thanks Ken. Not having experience with server management, but finding WHS2011 with a few add-ins a bit primitive, how would I go wit

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2015-07-28 Thread ILT
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:55 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Hi, What are the limitations you see with WHS2011? I can then let you know if that goes away with WSE2012. With my setup, I’ve used a regular

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2015-07-28 Thread Ken Schaefer
: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Hi Ian, Best to double check what disks your HP Proliant Microserver N36L supports. I have a N40L which uses the same storage controller as the N36L as per the spec sheet below. http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/getpdf.aspx/c04111079.pdf?ver=17 It says a

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2015-07-28 Thread Adrian Halid
egards Adrian Halid From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2015 2:03 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] home server Ken I have used WHS 2011 really only as a file server. The HP hardware was qui

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2015-07-28 Thread Dave Walker
m [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *ILT > *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 July 2015 2:03 PM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: [OT] home server > > > > Ken > > I have used WHS 2011 really only as a file server. The HP hardware was > quite c

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2015-07-28 Thread Adrian Halid
Hi Ken, What OS are you running on your N54L? Regards Adrian Halid From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2015 8:55 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Hi, What are the

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2015-07-29 Thread David Burstin
ed recipient > is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the > sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then delete both messages > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Burstin

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2015-07-29 Thread Ken Schaefer
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Halid Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2015 4:40 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] home server Hi Ken, What OS are you running on your N54L? Regards Adrian Halid

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2015-07-29 Thread Adrian Halid
Thanks. Will have a read up. Regards Adrian Halid From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Burstin Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2015 7:52 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] home server On 29 July 2015 at 16:02, Adrian Halid