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    Free server software

    Since my brother has decided to make his (my old) PC redundant, I thought that I would (soon) add a couple of larger hard disks, ana make it into a server. It is system 4 in my sig, and will need to communicate with 3 vista machines, and 1 xp machine (less important), and PS3. Has an XP home licence, but I think that I will need to get some kind of free server (linux based?) software.

    It is to primerally be a file server/backup server, with media compatabilities. Would like it to auto shutdown when last client dissconnects at certain time, and I can setup a WOL, as I allready have this for one PC in the home.


    Thx, will

    Edit: would be nice if it worked with tight VNC too

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    Re: Free server software

    What are you wanting to accomplish with the server? The addition of the extra disks suggests file serving, but it's hard to give solid advice without any real target.

    As for free - looks like you're looking at some kind of loonicks.


    Argh, either I misread or you sneaked in a ninja edit - fileserver-wise Samba can more than handle it. Backup and media wise I'd probably be looking to bump the RAM a little, especially if it's to be transcoding.

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      • CPU:
      • Core2quad Q6600 @2.85GHz
      • Memory:
      • 4GB Corsoar Twin X XMS2 DDR2-PC2 6400 @ 900MHz, 5-5-5-18
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      • WD 320GB, Segate 320GB (Raid 0), 2* WD 1TB storage
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    Re: Free server software

    Quote Originally Posted by Splash View Post
    What are you wanting to accomplish with the server? The addition of the extra disks suggests file serving, but it's hard to give solid advice without any real target.

    As for free - looks like you're looking at some kind of loonicks.
    file serving/backup were the main uses, as I wanna get RAID0 on main PC, meaning that backup is even more needed

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