Would you consider the use of a Linux system? Its cheap, quite stable and easy to implement and manage.
2010/10/12 Ames Matthew B <[email protected]> > WHS has tjhe potential to be a lot more than a NAS..... Wiki covers is > features pretty well > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server > > A NAS would have lower power consumption though. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 12 October 2010 13:57 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Home server system > > Any recommendations for a reliable and hopefully fairly cheap server system > for the home? One of my colleagues recommended the HP MediaSmart ex475 > coupled with Windows Home Server, are there anything else people can > recommend? Also, does Windows Home Server offer any particular software or > benefits or is it just aimed at being simple for the non-technical user? I > can see it has backup and remote access capabilities - I'm not really that > bothered about the remote access features for sharing across the internet, > but anything else is probably a plus. How much extra does the Home Server > stuff give you when compared to some sort of baby NAS device like a > TeraStation? > > I was hoping to be able to get something decent for under £1000, at the > least. Storage, availability and backup are probably the primary concerns > I'm addressing, but I'm open to all sorts of other features as well. I don't > have masses of data at the moment, but I might start storing VM files on > there for some testing purposes, so I'll probably need a wedge of capacity. > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not > the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender > if you believe you have received this email in error. QinetiQ may monitor > email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of > security. QinetiQ Limited (Registered in England & Wales: Company Number: > 3796233) Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD > http://www.qinetiq.com <http://www.QinetiQ.com> <http://www.QinetiQ.com> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
