Home NAS

Using an old P4 2GHz 1GB RAM i opted to build my own home NAS then buy an off the shelf.

I had two real options for an OS, ether Openfiler previously used at work for our main backups. Or FreeNAS highly recommended via Twitter and forums.

Possible Projects

Setup Groundwork open source server

"GroundWork Monitor Community Edition provides a essential IT monitoring solution that enables you to maintain network visibility and control."

Linux Home Media Server (LHMC)

Will have to be based on Ubuntu. Simply because of its Debian roots, Ubuntu is easy to update and manage, and has a wide range of software available. The low maintenance overhead it provides makes the LHMC behave as reliably as an embedded system.

Icy Box NAS Review:

With the recent purtuce of a 3.5" HDD i decided to blue out and but a ready made off the shelf NAS box. Review HERE.

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EeeBox:
Exchange & IIS Server

Was running a nice P4, 512mb ubuntu server with ISPConfig for mail and website hosting. But, with DNS and IMAP problems i needed something new, Along came the EeeBox.

Equipment:
Asus EeeBox - CPC £235.75
Intel Atom 1.6GHz / 1GB PC2-5300 / 160GB HDD
Server 2003 R2 - IIS V6.0, Exchange 2003.

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