A Raspberry Pi makes an excellent entry point into home server projects. While it won’t replace a full-blown server or NAS in ...

I'm building a home media server. It will serve movies, music, etc, and also act as a web server for just my personal use. Is there really a need to get a $$ server motherboard for it? I got a Tyan ...

That’s why the first step is to just turn backups on. To do this, head to your Home Assistant dashboard (usually homeassistant.local:8123) and log in. Now click Settings > System > Backups. Enable ...

I want to implement some form of redundancy on my home file server, as I have none currently. My current configuration is as follows:<BR><BR>Pirmary Master: 120 GB HDD<BR>Primary Slave: 80 GB ...

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been testing three new home servers, two from HP and a potential revolutionary concept called a nano-plug server. This last one uses Marvell technology, comes from ...

In today’s digital age, managing and centralizing your data and services is becoming increasingly important. Whether you're looking to store your media files, run your own personal cloud, or host ...

What good is a file server if you can't store files on it? Uh, huh. Microsoft has posted a Knowledge Base article, KB946676, which warns of file corruption issues with Windows Home Server. "When you ...

If you have a lot of data—photos, movies, backups, or other files—a home server is a great way to keep them all in one place for use throughout your house. The Fractal Design Node 804 is my choice for ...

You're right, there are a ton of options out there, and we've written about many of them in the past—but we've never really compared them to one another. So, here are a few of our favorite options, ...

A high-speed computer in a network that stores the programs and data files shared by users. It acts like a remote disk drive. The difference between a file server and an application server is that the ...

Mirra Personal Server 1.0 used client software to monitor and back up files from one or more PCs to a specialized back-up server. But the new Version 2.0 takes a giant step forward by acting as a file ...