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Building a new home server for NAS / web hosting / etc. Hardware opinions?
You might look at XPEnolgy. It runs great in a VM and supports externally connected devices (including storage). Once some cables I ordered arrive, I plan on putting it to use in my ESXi host for use in my office at work. :) -
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Building a new home server for NAS / web hosting / etc. Hardware opinions?
Have you looked at ESXi? It's free (even for business use), assuming you don't need anything beyond the ability to run VM's. ;) I use it on an HP Z800 with dual quad Xeon 5670's (I think that's the right model). I have a WHS2011 VM (StableBit DrivePool with three 1TB HDD's, Plex, Sonarr... -
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Fitting 4 (+?) 3.5" drvs in the Shuttle SH87R6?
It's been a bit, but I figured I'd chime in here -- that case has a 5.25" slot -- You don't mention if you have anything in it, but if not, you could plop a 4-in-1 bay in it (http://goo.gl/PlO3zV -- this is a non-referral goo.gl shortened Amazon link). It accepts 4 2.5" HDD/SSD's and, as... -
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Are my NAS goals realistic?
It's been a while, and I don't see a lot of replies, so as a fellow Windows user, I can tell you what *I* did for a NAS / media playback solution. Firstly, I run a WHS2011 system. This provides Windows client backups (full system backups that can be restored through a LiveCD WHS comes with)...