I think if you're running Server 2008 R2, you can get it to do a lot of things like WSUS, DNS, Remote Desktop etc. If you're familiar with Windows 7, you would be quite at home with Server 2008 R2.
As for running RAID, depends on what data you have. Important ones would be RAID 1 or RAID 5 if you have 3 or more drives. Since I only store movies and TV shows on NAS, it's on RAID 0. On 14 September 2010 20:00, Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got an extra PC here with a Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3GHz with 2GB ram in a > NZXT case. It's got a rather low end mobo but it does have 1Gbit networking. > > I'm thinking of turning this into a file server rather than buying a NAS. > I'm thinking of Windows Server 2008 since I mainly have Windows 7 running > here. > > Other than backups, what else can I get such a system to do? Does Windows > Server include all of the necessary software or would I have to buy > something else for streaming, etc. I assume it has a network backup tool. > Would some kind of raid configuration be wise for this? Pros & Cons? >
