Hi all.
I'm over hauling my setup at home, and have purchased an HP Proliant Microserver (AMD Neo 1.3ghz, 1gb, GbE).
I have 4 1TB (SpinPoint F1s) to go in it, and intend to use the servers internal USB port for hold a flashdrive with the boot OS on it.
Before doing the final configuration I may replace the 1TB drives with 2TB drives. I would like a software RAID5 solution (the hardware controller does not support RAID5).
The server will run 24/7 so power useage is a factor I'd like to consider - shutting down disks that are not needed, removing services that I am not going to use etc.
It will be connected to the net via a GbE switch and an FTTC connection (33down/8up). From the GbE switch is a powerline link to the HTPC.
I want the server to do the following;
Licence wise, I have a spare Win7 x64 Pro and that is it. I have limited Linux experience but do have a laptop running ubuntu and am not an idiot (I'm a software developer) so am looking forward to learning what (if any) Linux distros would suit.
What would you put on this setup, and why?
Thanks in advance.
(btw the server I bought can be had for £112 after cashback http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-...-delivered-crescent-electronics/888083?page=1)
I'm over hauling my setup at home, and have purchased an HP Proliant Microserver (AMD Neo 1.3ghz, 1gb, GbE).
I have 4 1TB (SpinPoint F1s) to go in it, and intend to use the servers internal USB port for hold a flashdrive with the boot OS on it.
Before doing the final configuration I may replace the 1TB drives with 2TB drives. I would like a software RAID5 solution (the hardware controller does not support RAID5).
The server will run 24/7 so power useage is a factor I'd like to consider - shutting down disks that are not needed, removing services that I am not going to use etc.
It will be connected to the net via a GbE switch and an FTTC connection (33down/8up). From the GbE switch is a powerline link to the HTPC.
I want the server to do the following;
- Serve files to the HTPC
- SMB support for backing up files from Win7 Laptops
- Upload backups to offsite FTP server
- DNLA support to stream directly to TV
- Remote access to media, to include resampling to suit client
- Ability to run a torrent client with webUI (uTorrent)
Licence wise, I have a spare Win7 x64 Pro and that is it. I have limited Linux experience but do have a laptop running ubuntu and am not an idiot (I'm a software developer) so am looking forward to learning what (if any) Linux distros would suit.
What would you put on this setup, and why?
Thanks in advance.
(btw the server I bought can be had for £112 after cashback http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-...-delivered-crescent-electronics/888083?page=1)