Do you have a file server at home?

[ryan256]

P4 1.8GHz running Windows 2003. See sig for details. It works fine as a backup server, FTP server , file server, Web server, DVD Burner, and DivX/MP3 encoder. I've also got a second partition on the system HD with a Domain controller config for studying for my MCSE. I wouldn't mind running Linux on it but I would have to have linux applications that can replace all the windows apps that I use on it.
Also makes a dandy backup machine for playing some of my older games since my current machine has mobo problems

 

[Raduque]

My HTPC doubles as a media server.

 

[Mellman]

5x750GB Raid 5 on an LSI mega raid controller, win2k3, was Dual AMD2400MPs soon to be E6400 C2D...if i can find a pci-x mobo!

I use windows because thats what i started on, at this point it would be entirely impossible to move to linux even if I wanted because i don't have a backup storage for my 3TB...

 

[imported_Ifrit]

Originally posted by: Mellman
5x750GB Raid 5 on an LSI mega raid controller, win2k3, was Dual AMD2400MPs soon to be E6400 C2D...if i can find a pci-x mobo!

I use windows because thats what i started on, at this point it would be entirely impossible to move to linux even if I wanted because i don't have a backup storage for my 3TB...

What are you going to do if 2 of your 7 hard drives die?

 

[K1052]

1.8TB total storage on my server (1.2TB in RAID 5 and 600GB additional).

 

[AStar617]

http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=32575

Solaris/Samba FTW!

 

[arod]

my fileserver is really my media server which runs vista ultimate now (i use extenders at my tv's to access live/recorded tv, videos, guide, music, home autoation etc).

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
WhoBe: that's a decent amount of TBage

Heh... thanks.
Pics for the curious

Video is a bitch. The OS, system install images, installer (basically ripped copies of original software CDs for easy access) and music + music videos occupy just a single 200GB. The rest are all fabsubbed animes, self-made DiVXs and DVD images of the DVDs back at the folks place.

 

[Journer]

Windows 2003 Server:
2.8E p4
1.5gb ram
tv tuner
2TB of data storage + 15gb for OS

runs torrents, FTP, HTTP, etc.

 

[SuperNaruto]

Originally posted by: Ifrit

What are you going to do if 2 of your 7 hard drives die?

That happened to me at work.. but it wasn't the drive.. it was the backplane on the server.. needless to say had to rebuild an exchange server and restore from backup.. took a day... too much data..

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Anyone who doesn't want to "involuntarily" start a fileserver, stay away from the hot deals sites. Damned HDD deals

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya
Anyone who doesn't want to "involuntarily" start a fileserver, stay away from the hot deals sites. Damned HDD deals

the 500GB drive deals were despicable..I was outraged:|...probably because I didn't have th money:|...

still....I was outraged I tell ya

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

If this was already asked in this thread I apologize - if not - why do you guys run file servers? Do you actually access random files that much for personal use? I am just curious. Why not just use externals?

 

[SuperNaruto]

Basically my whole house is wired... 4 cat5e each room with gigabit switch between everything... before i had 4-5 desktops.. now i'm working off 3 notebooks and 2 desktop..

Easy to have the files in 1 server and back up from 1 location instead of trying to back up from the 3 notebooks..

kinda suck when you go away but i can always copy the stuff i need or use windows "offline file" sharing..

centralized file is good for me since i use a tape drive to back it up...

 

[Captante]

Windows 2000 on an old Athlon XP 2400+ w 2 x 500gb WD SATA drives in RAID 1 on an Adaptec/Highpoint controller for storage & an 80gb IDE Seagate for the OS.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
If this was already asked in this thread I apologize - if not - why do you guys run file servers? Do you actually access random files that much for personal use? I am just curious. Why not just use externals?

raw footage from DV tapes is about 13GB .....we shuffle 'em around on gigabit.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
If this was already asked in this thread I apologize - if not - why do you guys run file servers? Do you actually access random files that much for personal use? I am just curious. Why not just use externals?

Too many HDDs
It wouldn't be so bad if WinXP's HDD power management didn't act like it had cerebral palsy. Two things I would kill for in my fileserver - the ability to mount as read only and keep unused HDDs powered down without it randomly starting up again.

 

[j00fek]

currently getting rid of my fileserver and getting a 4-drive nas to replace it

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya
Two things I would kill for in my fileserver - the ability to mount as read only

mount -r /dev/hdx

and keep unused HDDs powered down without it randomly starting up again.

hdparm -Sx /dev/hdx

- M4H

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

In Windows, I know *nix HDD support is more flexible

 

[rh71]

I do video (pvr / editing), web dev, gaming, listen to music, keep all my pics... all on my main machine. I also use it to stream stuff to my Xbox out in the living room. No use for a dedicated file server here.

Maybe when I have another user in the house... say 12 years from now...

 

[IceBergSLiM]

ok the thought crossed my mind before but I couldn't answer the question "what would be the point? "

somebody with a fileserver tell me what the point is?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya
In Windows, I know *nix HDD support is more flexible

As much as I love to mock people who run a Unix-based OS as their primary machine, I'll be the first to admit that it does have its place in the home - chained up in the proverbial basement and never seen or heard.

- M4H

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
ok the thought crossed my mind before but I couldn't answer the question "what would be the point? "

somebody with a fileserver tell me what the point is?

Addressed several times in this thread already.

- M4H

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
ok the thought crossed my mind before but I couldn't answer the question "what would be the point? "

somebody with a fileserver tell me what the point is?

Addressed several times in this thread already.

- M4H

none of the ones proposed were deemed mission critical for my computing needs. oh well. maybe i'll be nerdy enough one day to justify one.