How to build a low cost Linux Home Server

Introduction

Do I need a home server you ask?
Do any of the situations below sound familiar?

• You have 2 or more computers at home with files fragmented between them and multiple copies of multiple files...
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nice review......repped you.....need more like these

+1

Killah Guide

dunno mate...Though assuming you have none of the parts available in spare and had to build one from scratch, It should be 3.5-4K for a base proccy (celeron/sempron) + mobo, another 400-500 for RAM , and another 400-500 for the PSU taking the total to 4.5K - 5K excluding the HDD

The cost of the HDD obviously depends on the amount of storage you need on the server...

of course I do...LOL j/k

hehehehe...maybe i sud one more line to the guide at the top..
Just installed VNC streamer and the Torrentflux web interface lets you stream a media stream right off you hdd

Amazing guide!! Hope to do something like this someday when i have my system here

Excellent Write Up
Very detailed

Read the full guide in one full stretch. Got inspired. Gonna' try out as i'm havin' an old cranky 5year old box with a no-red-colour-monitor and a motionless optical mouse.
I personally, am interested and passionate about web technologies and as such i was attracted by this FANTABULOUS guide.
THANKS A LOT

Post more buddy.
u ppl (along wid v ppl who congratulate and checkout) are the gr8 brainz of our country.

Its the most inspiring guide i've read in a long while. Kudos mate.

Here is another awesome addition to my server...Ampache

Now I have access to my entire music collection..Streamable aswell as downloadable from anywhere

I was thinking about this for some time , there are few things in my mind

Firstly, what if the power goes off ? How is the system supposed to start up again without user intervention . I remember we had mechanical switches in older cabinets/mobos , which would switch on the system after the power came back. Can a similar thing be done here ?

Secondly, isnt windows remote desktop a simpler solution ? Just give the system a name and password, and access remotely from any windows based system using remote log-in.

Most BIOSes support a toggle for a fresh startup after power resume.
Having said that, it'd a good idea to hook up a dedicated ups for this server

with a low drain rig (and no monitor), the ups should keep it up for even a couple of hours power downtime



of course not...Use RDP over the web and you'll quickly know why

Php/html front ends are far more elegant and faster to use

Have to agree with superczar there... remote desktop, xwindows, vnc all suck on most internet connections. You do need web access.

Superczar, can I confugure this to run on a RAID 0 array? If yes, how do I setup the array? (Linux n00b alert)!

is there anything like citrix ? I use it to connect from home to our office webacess. seems quite smooth.

I'm having an issue with installing the torrent script. My /var/www folder is read only for the root. How do I get around this?