Hey guys, I am planning to build a file sharing server in my home. I have built a few computers, never once attempted a box for file sharing. I plan on using it between at most 3 computers in my home. My brothers, my gaming rig, and my moms laptop which will be wireless.
I hope it to be as cheap as possible, as this is more of a learning experience for me. I am wanting to learn more about network administration and I thought a good way to get started is setup a small server of your own. That way I can get use to using terminal access to maintain the server.
What I want to use it mostly for is music, and (if a good idea) backups of HD's and Documents, and if possible act as a print server?
The only thing I have an idea of what to use is obviously linux as an O/S.
I hope it to be as cheap as possible, as this is more of a learning experience for me. I am wanting to learn more about network administration and I thought a good way to get started is setup a small server of your own. That way I can get use to using terminal access to maintain the server.
What I want to use it mostly for is music, and (if a good idea) backups of HD's and Documents, and if possible act as a print server?
The only thing I have an idea of what to use is obviously linux as an O/S.