- Dec 14, 2013
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Ok so i'm planning to build a home server for when i move to my new house in March 21st. I'll have to wire the whole house in STP CAT 6 cables and thought that i might as well wire it all together to a home server. Now i like the way that the HP Microserver looks so a case similar to that in size would be nice. Also having the system below 40db on full load.
I have £500 max budget and no more
I was thinking of using Western Digital 2TB HD's as its going to be 24/7
Since i want to have the capabilities to stream via XBMC but also use it as a file server/back up partitions (already have acronis for backup)
Still i'm not entirely sure on how to stream to all devices on the network like XBMC and give certain devices permissions to use certain hard drive partitions. SO really its like mixing freeNAS and XBMC which is why Ubuntu seems like the appropriate choice.
(Note: I'll eventually want to connect all TV's to use the 'XBMC/HTPC part' of the system via some sort of dongle, http://www.techhive.com/product/1252677/roku-3.html is an example) Or another way that exists.
So this is what it would be like in the near future:
All devices such as Laptops and desktops are able to use the server to stream movies/music, are able to share files and be backed up across the network. I can control the server from my main desktop pc from a software which YOU will suggest and can use acronis to backup their data incrementally to a designated partition. (I know how to setup the acronis back etc fine) Also do a little game hosting but not too intensive, maybe something like source engine games would be the max.
So if someone who really knows what they're doing and want to help me please reply.
I have £500 max budget and no more
I was thinking of using Western Digital 2TB HD's as its going to be 24/7
Since i want to have the capabilities to stream via XBMC but also use it as a file server/back up partitions (already have acronis for backup)
Still i'm not entirely sure on how to stream to all devices on the network like XBMC and give certain devices permissions to use certain hard drive partitions. SO really its like mixing freeNAS and XBMC which is why Ubuntu seems like the appropriate choice.
(Note: I'll eventually want to connect all TV's to use the 'XBMC/HTPC part' of the system via some sort of dongle, http://www.techhive.com/product/1252677/roku-3.html is an example) Or another way that exists.
So this is what it would be like in the near future:
All devices such as Laptops and desktops are able to use the server to stream movies/music, are able to share files and be backed up across the network. I can control the server from my main desktop pc from a software which YOU will suggest and can use acronis to backup their data incrementally to a designated partition. (I know how to setup the acronis back etc fine) Also do a little game hosting but not too intensive, maybe something like source engine games would be the max.
So if someone who really knows what they're doing and want to help me please reply.
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