OS : the big question, dedicated/virtualized or hybrid of dedicated plus virtualized portion I will add to this as more of it comes to mind.Ĭards : On its way to me hopefully - HP 24 port SAS Expander.
Provide storage space for family members on the network.(it would be nice to integrate some of the cloud based accounts) Handle the backups of the various family members computers on the network. Not limited to but including, itunes, dlna compatibility Storage of my media collection and serving the media to my various connected devices throughout the house. I am hoping to garner some additional input and insights from the peeps on this forum and I will venture out, to get some more in the interwebs at large.īasically what do I intend on using it for : I've received friendly input and advice from ian_stagib as well as some additional food for though from WiZard (aka saboteur )Īs a result, I am totally clueless right about now, how I want to employ/deploy my new setup. So now I am in the process of rebuilding my home server and multimedia setup. Windows is not the bees knees, WHS (that I believed in and was an early and longtime adopter taught me that little hard life lesson. Because I always felt comfortable with windows and the windows environments, I never ventured too far out.