I'm currently researching into the feasibility of using my old tower PC for home server duty. Knowing that there are a lot of ways to currently do that (Linux, FreeNAS, etc etc), I would rather try it my preferred way - which is running a copy of Windows 10 Pro with DrivePool and Scanner.
First off, the hardware (prepare to cringe!)
AMD Phenom II x3 710
ASUS M4A780 uATX w/ Realtek GbE on board
4GB DDR2-800, 2 open slots. (ASUS board is ECC compatible)
Corsair Force 120GB SSD for boot
2x WD Black 1TB to start off with
OCZ ModXstream 600W power supply
Main goals for this rig are:
Plex
File Sharing within home
iTunes Server
Local backup for 1-2 PCs & 2 iPhones' worth of photos
BackBlaze to backup
The main reason I want to stick with Windows since that's what I'm most familiar with. I plan on using RDP on Win10 Pro to manage the machine headless from my laptop. While not the most power efficient, I do not plan to have it up 24/7 - more like "as needed, when needed" for a few hours at a time. After burning my brain out with RAID-this, along with RAID-that...I don't really want anything to do with RAID on this which is why DrivePool is perfect.
I don't think it's too far-fetched of an idea, but I've never really done anything like this before. What do you folks think?
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NfiniteZERO
Hi all.
I'm currently researching into the feasibility of using my old tower PC for home server duty. Knowing that there are a lot of ways to currently do that (Linux, FreeNAS, etc etc), I would rather try it my preferred way - which is running a copy of Windows 10 Pro with DrivePool and Scanner.
First off, the hardware (prepare to cringe!)
Main goals for this rig are:
The main reason I want to stick with Windows since that's what I'm most familiar with. I plan on using RDP on Win10 Pro to manage the machine headless from my laptop. While not the most power efficient, I do not plan to have it up 24/7 - more like "as needed, when needed" for a few hours at a time. After burning my brain out with RAID-this, along with RAID-that...I don't really want anything to do with RAID on this which is why DrivePool is perfect.
I don't think it's too far-fetched of an idea, but I've never really done anything like this before. What do you folks think?
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