# Media/Home server guys what OS? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508 "2012-10-11T08:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/21 "2012-10-13T11:20:53Z")
damnit now I am sitting here wondering if I should sell the NAS enclosure and throw the drives in a real box and do freenas/uraid ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/22 "2012-10-13T11:48:44Z")
[http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011/05/05/guide-backing-up-your-mac-to-whs-2011-with-time-machine/](http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011/05/05/guide-backing-up-your-mac-to-whs-2011-with-time-machine/) ---------- Post added at 02:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:33 PM ---------- Fuck lots of people run ESXi on these things… ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/23 "2012-10-13T12:14:55Z")
I personally recommend either linux with a md-raid or freenas with a Raid-Z setup. I prefer linux myself with samba, nfs and netatalk. Plus you can configure it to be a iSCSI san. ---------- Post added at 03:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:56 PM ---------- > [@LZ](#): > > FreeNAS/unraid have the advantage of doing AFP out of the box so no hacking on the macs to use time machine. I disagree, with a distro like a Ubuntu and aptitude install of netatalk should net you pretty much a full working AFP out of the box. ---------- Post added at 03:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:00 PM ---------- > [@LZ](#): > > [Guide: Backing Up Your Mac to WHS 2011 With Time Machine — MediaSmartServer.net](http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2011/05/05/guide-backing-up-your-mac-to-whs-2011-with-time-machine/) > > ---------- Post added at 02:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:33 PM ---------- > > Fuck lots of people run ESXi on these things… [http://wahlnetwork.com/home-lab/](http://wahlnetwork.com/home-lab/) I am going to just leave that there for you :), guy has tons of articles about doing home labs on the cheap. ---------- Post added at 03:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:01 PM ---------- > **[Easy Mac OS X (Mountain) Lion and Mavericks 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9 Time Machine...](https://pwntr.com/2012/03/03/easy-mac-os-x-lion-10-7-time-machine-backup-using-an-ubuntu-linux-server-11-10-12-04-lts-and-up/)** > > Maybe you always wanted to have an Apple Time Capsule for easy backup management of your Macs. One of the drawbacks that comes with a device like that is its price. You could also use any Mac for it, but those are also expensive and most likely don’t... ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/24 "2012-10-13T14:02:25Z")
N40L has an internal USB port… Going to do ESXi off the internal USB with a 8gb USB stick Then give the mirrored 2 TB to FreeNAS The box comes with a 250Gb and I have another 1Tb drive going to present those to VMware to create other VMs if I get bored. This will let me turn down my other Linux server I use for socks5 tunneling when im on the road. ---
**Author:** ![SPDboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@SPDboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SPDboy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/25 "2012-10-16T19:00:53Z")
I’m running a 2TB Time Capsule anda WD TV Live with a 2TB Seagate Goflex attached. Why 2 NAS? My HDTV’s are a ways apart and this way if I am DL movies while watching a bluray movie I have on a NAS I don’t have any issues. The Time Capsule was 229 the 2TV Seagate was $65 and the WD Live with wireless was $65 all are mapped to my laptops ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/26 "2012-10-17T05:00:22Z")
i am building mine with Win7 and XBMC… and a 2TB HD. thats should be plenty or me as i like to purge my catalog every once and a while…but i will have room for expansion if needed ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/27 "2012-10-17T05:17:58Z")
Ended up running ESXi Installed FreeNAS thought it sucked. Install WHS2011 which was supposed to have a key installed it didn’t Installed Windows Server 2012 with a key from my MSDN account and its running great. Also have a Ubuntu VM going. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/28 "2012-10-17T05:26:08Z")
You can tell I’m a software engineer not a network/admin type by the fact that I’m just running win7 ultimate as my “server”. Handling streaming to 2 HTPC’s as well as being the XBMC MySQL host, Sickbeard and Sabnzbd host, Emit and Air video host (streaming to iOS and Android) and occasional FTP server duties. Just added a 3TB drive in addition to the 500GB, 1.5TB and 2TB drives that were already in it. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/29 "2012-10-17T05:38:53Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > You can tell I’m a software engineer not a network/admin type by the fact that I’m just running win7 ultimate as my “server”. Handling streaming to 2 HTPC’s as well as being the XBMC MySQL host, Sickbeard and Sabnzbd host, Emit and Air video host (streaming to iOS and Android) and occasional FTP server duties. Just added a 3TB drive in addition to the 500GB, 1.5TB and 2TB drives that were already in it. same here lol ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/30 "2012-10-17T05:44:40Z")
I only ran server because I wanted to have access to IIS for testing and didn’t want to spin another VM. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/31 "2012-10-17T09:16:14Z")
In other news don’t do what I did :lol: Server 2012 Standard doesn’t come with the Media Server add on and im not sure how to get it on…Google was no help. I got another MSDN account so im going to install 2012 Essentials which is a mix of SBS/Home server and a replacement for Windows Home Server 2011. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508/32 "2012-10-17T09:42:03Z")
Try Nas4Free… FreeNAS 8 blows [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/media-home-server-guys-what-os/226508.md?page=1)