So many people "talk" about wanting a home server - this is a very cost effective way :)
http://jonpeck.blogspot.com/2006/11/...ver-in-45.html
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So many people "talk" about wanting a home server - this is a very cost effective way :)
http://jonpeck.blogspot.com/2006/11/...ver-in-45.html
:mrgreen: this is so worth it - kinda spooky tho, i bought almost the same sort of thing from ebay about 2 hours ago :)
gonna use it as a download box and control it via VNC
:)
For people who want a "cheap" NAS solution - avoids XP like the plague.
Too many people claim to have a home server - which normally is just a normal PC installed with XP - doing literally nothing.
Smoothwall/Fileserver/Domain Controller/FTP box - are all "home" server tasks :P Well maybe not the DC - but some might run one >G<
Just a quick post you can get a lot for under £75
Buy-It-Now Link this is for Dell PC's - Under £75, Any CPU etc :)
... This with a RAID Card - Maybe a Netcell (clearance stock avaliable online) and you have a tidy little Fileserver :)
XP isn't at all designed to do serving tasks, its limited (needlessly?) so you can't!
m0n0wall is where its at for firewalls in my mind.
Im thinking those Dell Optiplexs would make a good home server - one providing m0n0wall services, the other a http/ftp/file server with DC?
Agreed :) Hence the pop at the XP runners on their servers :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAnimus
My home 3.6tb server cost nearly 2k :) wouldn't touch Linux with a bargepole. If you have ever tried to recover 3tb+ of data on a raid5 Linux partition you will understand.