Looking for some advice here.
Ive been given:
E 5400 CPU
4x1gb DDR2
GA-P35-DS3L
Cooler Master 500w PSU
Have 2x1tb Samsung F3s
1x1tb Seagate
Still need to buy a Case,maybe an operating system, maybe a raid or at least a SATA card?
Case is no big deal. Probably going to get a Lian PC-K58 for $40 off of the egg.
What I really need to do is determine the OS and make sure I am starting out the right way for expandability.
After looking into the options, I can't decide between WHS, WHS 2011 or FreeNAS.
My main uses for the server will be Stream VOBs to my HTPC, Backing up my PC and work laptop and personal laptop and my Wives laptop, also game installs etc... as well as Remote file access for when I travel. Plus the Android Manager APP I read about seems pretty cool.
I really thought the Drive Extender feature of WHS was an awesome concept, and a lot of people seemed to love it. But WHS 2011 has a ton of features I want, but lacks a native drive expander, although there are 3rd party extenders.
I have been looking into FreeNas, using a ZFS file system, but that also seems to require multiple drives to expand in order to maintain redundancy. It also doesn't have all the features I would like in the OS, requires more RAM than I have on my setup currently, but is free.
Is WHS2011 a good enough Operating System? I actually bought that software once before, but decided to can the idea and sold the OS. I'm thinking it is the right OS for me. Does anyone have any advice on this? Need any more info? I'll be glad to provide it!
Edited by identitycrisis - 4/29/12 at 7:08pm
Ive been given:
E 5400 CPU
4x1gb DDR2
GA-P35-DS3L
Cooler Master 500w PSU
Have 2x1tb Samsung F3s
1x1tb Seagate
Still need to buy a Case,maybe an operating system, maybe a raid or at least a SATA card?
Case is no big deal. Probably going to get a Lian PC-K58 for $40 off of the egg.
What I really need to do is determine the OS and make sure I am starting out the right way for expandability.
After looking into the options, I can't decide between WHS, WHS 2011 or FreeNAS.
My main uses for the server will be Stream VOBs to my HTPC, Backing up my PC and work laptop and personal laptop and my Wives laptop, also game installs etc... as well as Remote file access for when I travel. Plus the Android Manager APP I read about seems pretty cool.
I really thought the Drive Extender feature of WHS was an awesome concept, and a lot of people seemed to love it. But WHS 2011 has a ton of features I want, but lacks a native drive expander, although there are 3rd party extenders.
I have been looking into FreeNas, using a ZFS file system, but that also seems to require multiple drives to expand in order to maintain redundancy. It also doesn't have all the features I would like in the OS, requires more RAM than I have on my setup currently, but is free.
Is WHS2011 a good enough Operating System? I actually bought that software once before, but decided to can the idea and sold the OS. I'm thinking it is the right OS for me. Does anyone have any advice on this? Need any more info? I'll be glad to provide it!
Edited by identitycrisis - 4/29/12 at 7:08pm
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HP Elitebook 8560w
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| i&-2720QM | HP GM67 | Quadro 1000M | Generic |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling | OS |
| 7200RPM | CD/DVD-RW | Stock | Win 7 Professional X64 |
| Monitor | Case | ||
| 15.6" 1920x1080 & 22" Dell External 1680x1050 | HP Elitebook | ||
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