Hi Ken,
What OS are you running on your N54L? Regards Adrian Halid From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2015 8:55 AM To: ozDotNet <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [OT] home server Hi, What are the limitations you see with WHS2011? I can then let you know if that goes away with WSE2012. With my setup, I’ve used a regular Windows Server 2012 R2 and added the WSE role – that allows you to join the server to my existing AD domain, and gives you all the related goodness (e.g. centralised account management etc.) I then have a CrashPlan subscription that allows me to backup critical information offsite (Crashplan also supports backups locally, and to friends you might have). I use DriveBender to give me folder-by-folder RAID1, rather than relying on hardware RAID. There’s various other software RAID systems out there you could also use. I like WSE because it’s a regular Windows Server under the covers, so you can do a lot more than just serve files (run whatever services you want, it can act as a reverse proxy etc.). However if your primary use case is to serve/backup files, then a NAS is probably going to be simpler to manage and consume less power. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Monday, 27 July 2015 2:20 PM To: 'ozDotNet' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] home server Thanks Ken. Not having experience with server management, but finding WHS2011 with a few add-ins a bit primitive, how would I go with the same system on my HP Microserver? Would you recommend a NAS or one of these hybrid mediaserver/cloud backup devices as well? I’d rather add sata drive space (I do retain Tb-sized amounts of stuff) than spend on another box. _____ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 1:58 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Essentials role). I have an AD domain at home, so I’ve joined it to that for SSO etc. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Monday, 27 July 2015 1:35 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] home server Ken, are you still running WHS 2011? _____ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 11:24 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Just setup files from MSDN subscription is a couple of terabytes on my NAS. Granted, I could go through and delete the old stuff, but it’s probably cheaper to just buy a bigger disk every so often than spend time trimming a few hundred MBs here and there. Even something mundane as Iphone/iPad backups seem to consume space really quickly (64GB at a time for my wife’s phone) From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Sunday, 26 July 2015 6:18 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] home server How much actual data do you guys have that you need to keep? Mulitple- terabytes is a sh1tload. On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 at 11:22 Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: On the subject of home servers, if someone wants to make an offer on a serious NAS -> QNAP TS-879 PRO with 24TB (8x3TB Seagate Constellation SATA3 drives), little “r” ping me back. <https://www.qnap.com/i/au/product/model.php?II=15> https://www.qnap.com/i/au/product/model.php?II=15 Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Saturday, 25 July 2015 12:05 PM To: ozDotNet <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] home server I went for the 5 bay one the upgraded to an 8 bay. The 5 was then moved to our office and is our file server there. Love the cloud sync it means we can access Dropbox files without having to have the drive space on office laptops. The files sit on the nas and just share the folder. Forget the model number off the top of my head but it's the ones you can expand with a second bay doubling the number of bays. On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 at 6:24 am, Dave Walker <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Yeah I'm looking at synology as well. Any recommendations? I was looking at a https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS415play with 2 3tb red drives for now. On 25 Jul 2015 09:44, "Stephen Price" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Synology NAS. Any model, choose based on your storage needs. Does all your file sharing, media stuff etc. I even got Crashplan running on it It's brilliant On Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 2:51 PM ILT <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I’d appreciate some advice, from those who dabble in this area (home networking, media server). As Windows 10 RTM approaches, I’ve been thinking of replacing my aged home network, based on a nice little HP Proliant Microserver N36L with 8Gb RAM running the defunct Windows Home Server 2011. I’m not sure I need the capability of Windows Server Essentials. Maybe Windows 8 or 10 would do the job? Currently the HP is not even serving media, being used as file storage and not using its RAID capability. But with larger storage at good prices these days (eg, WD Red or Black 3Tb at the best price-point), should I be using storage spaces on a newer OS? I’d like to also use it as a media server, not sure what Windows 8 or Server Essentials would offer. Thanks _____ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria -- David Connors [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363
