I'm thinking of setting up a simple home server
Anyone know where I can find a good guide and info about it?
The internet should have a few guides on this
>>47109595
I really wonder what the point of a home server is.
I personally have nothing worth backing up, and everyone keeps talking about 'media' servers, but for example for plex, you have to pay money to get the app on a mobile device.
Using it as a torrent box will result in a nice ISP bill and/or jail time. Seriously, what's the point?
>>47109612
The internet is a scary place
>>47109595
- Asrock Rack C2750D4I
- 16Gb ECC RAM
- 500W PSU ( 80+ )
- 2TB HGST Drives
solid server that will do all the shit you ever need
>>47109719
>Recommending ass rocks
Dropped.
>>47109730
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7970/asrock-rack-c2750d4i-review-a-storage-motherboard-with-management
>>47109648
You seriously telling me you don't write TBs worth of code every year?
>>47109595
There are so many uses for servers, that's what makes them so great.
Mine
>streams PlayStation 2 games to the various PlayStation 2s throughout my house
>torrenting
>file server (keeping everything in one place and accessing it from my laptop, desktop, tablet, phone, friend's house, etc. is fucking great)
>NetBoot and NetInstall server
>compile server
This one's imo one of the greatest server uses. You can program on a laptop, SSH into your server and compile remotely
>email server
>>47109648
> Plex
> using the Android "APP"
nigga the web-interface is better and has mobile support and will cost you nothing!
>>47109648
>mobile app
well, there's your problem
>>47109595
I just fill my computer with drives.
Why would I need an external server?
>>47109595
What do you need?
You could use an odroid on Linux or Android if you just need a media / file server with one to four or so drives that don't need to be faster than like 20MB/s.
Or you can use a low-ish power amd / intel chipset and run that off any linux or bsd distro, though there also are NAS-oriented ones.
You could even run a bunch of server daemons on Windows or OSX, but that's kinda silly...
>>47109648
>you have to pay money to get the app on a mobile device
wait. you don't pay for things? i've spent thousands just on the app store. i love supporting apple devs
>>47109595
Just look up freenas. install plex, owncloud, btsync, sickrage, couchpotato, transmission and you have literally everything you need.
>>47109595
What kind of server, do you mean a NAS?
>>47109648
Hardware purchase costs aside, I can't imagine having a dedicated box powered-on 24/7 just in case you need to stream your 4K anime MKVs RIGHT NOW is very, uh, budget-friendly, unless you're not the one paying the power bill-
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>>47109783
>TBs worth of code every year?
That's not even possible in a year unless you're just rolling your face on your keyboard.
>>47110612
lol faggit. stay jelly
>>47109595
Here ya go
>>47109648
Mail server
HTTP server
Media server, plex is just one option out of many you filthy app pleb
FTP server
Dropbox replacement
Asterisk server
many more
>>47110727
Actually hang on, I forgot the OS drive.
>>47109807
How do you do the ps2 thing ?
>>47109648
People buy lots of music; people take lots of photos and videos; share them with the whole family and access the things from every laptop, PC, console, TV, smartphone etc in the house.
>>47109595
buy a wifi router and plug a 2TB USB hdd in.
make it accessible to the web
don't set a passwort
enjoy childporn
>>47109595
Now here ya go OP.
Is there anything wrong with my NAS build?
>>47111012
OPL supports launching and streaming games over SMB/ethernet
it's a homebrew program, you can use any modification method to run it (modchip, independance, swapmagic, freemcb, etc)
install gentoo
>>47109807
meant for >>47109648
>>47111175
I think a 400W 114$ PSU is a bit overkill for a NAS but whatever i guess.
>>47113303
It's fanless and platinum rated
Raspberry Pi 2. http://www.instructables.com/id/Ultimate-Pi-Based-Home-Server/
>>47109648
There is no point. All these vidycards and thier house fires make having a homer server pointless.
>>47113542
What?
>>47110727
What RAID/storage config are you going for? You may end up with better value with 3x3TB in some cases.
>>47113693
Too high failure rates man
>>47113693
It would probably be RAID 5, that would be the one for back ups right? I'm still figuring out NAS stuff, apparently ZFS is the only thing to use now, but it requires ECC RAM.
1. install ssh
2. leave your computer on 24/7
2. you now have a server
>>47113712
Source?
When I had to do my own research I remember that WD HDDs tended to fail early, but if they didn't they were quite reliable. Conditions you keep them in are also important, like temperature and how much temperature variation you subject them to. Generally a home NAS should be pretty gentle on them if you're doing it right.
Going with a small case like that you have limited space for drives so higher capacity drives may be worth it.
I leave my shitty linux box on so I can SOCKS into it at work. It's less stressful when I'm dicking off and looking for new jobs while I'm on the clock.
I could replace it with a Raspberry Pi, all I need is SSH running at home.
>>47113734
With RAID5 you'd get 6TB, so the same as 3x3TB RAID5. Arguably 3TB drives may be more failure prone, but you get more potential storage in your NAS. I'd probably go with the extra storage but it's your call.
>>47109595
Build one yourself.
So, since this is sort of related, does anyone have any experience regarding upgrading a 3-drive mdadm RAID5 to a 5-drive RAID6?
>>47113815
I'm just researching, but really I think you'd want the lower failure rate and just deal with less storage.
>>47110875
flashdrive with freenas
>>47109595
anything can become a server. I was using an old dell dimension from 2003 as one until it's mobo finally died.
>>47109833
Nigga what do you mean by "mobile-support". Shits too big and you can't zoom for shit.
>>47113857
Ya I just read that, why would that be better than an SSD for the OS?
>>47113851
I haven't ever seen or heard anything terrible about 3TB WD Reds yet, but yeah you can go for 2TB.
Keep in mind though that RAID5 is still risky with drives this large, if a drive fails the risk of the rebuild failing due to read error on the other disks can be significant. RAID6 is safer but you need to sacrifice 1 extra drive on its altar.
>>47113907
Because the entire OS is loaded into RAM. There's no need for dedicating an entire drive for a small image that's in RAM anways.
>>47109651
>The internet is a scary place
>>47109807
>fast internet
>home server with OpenVPN
>use Steam to stream games to play at work
>>47113870
>full screen
>>47113753
>1. install ssh
>2. leave your computer on 24/7
>2. you now have a server
1. install ssh, leave on port 22, enable root in config
2. open port 22 to internet on router
3. leave your computer on 24/7
4. you now have a server/botnet
