- Jul 10, 2016
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Hi,
I just built a server with a Celeron G530, 8GB of DDR3 and two 1TB HDDs along with a 500GB. I also have a 250GB as the boot drive. I plan to run the first 3 in JBOD to get as much storage as possible. Don't worry, I have a plan for backup and nothing on there is mission critical, mostly music and movies. Anyway, I need help deciding on what operating system I should put on the server. I have minimal Linux experience but I am open to learning. I was going to use Windows Server 2012 R2 but then I looked at the price tag and died a little inside. Besides being a local file server I want to be able to use this server as an FTP and possibly some other light server duties like possibly running a game server (not sure though). Would really appreciate any input you guys have!
Thanks,
Kellen
I just built a server with a Celeron G530, 8GB of DDR3 and two 1TB HDDs along with a 500GB. I also have a 250GB as the boot drive. I plan to run the first 3 in JBOD to get as much storage as possible. Don't worry, I have a plan for backup and nothing on there is mission critical, mostly music and movies. Anyway, I need help deciding on what operating system I should put on the server. I have minimal Linux experience but I am open to learning. I was going to use Windows Server 2012 R2 but then I looked at the price tag and died a little inside. Besides being a local file server I want to be able to use this server as an FTP and possibly some other light server duties like possibly running a game server (not sure though). Would really appreciate any input you guys have!
Thanks,
Kellen
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