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How should I set up my home file server?

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Mar 15, 20261810 views
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I'd like to set up a home server for three purposes: Backing up a couple of local computers that are unlikely to ever exceed 500 GB of data each (highest priority). Serving up files on the LAN - definitely music, probably .iso, and maybe video. Running extended statistical computations/simulations …

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There are way, way too many possible answers to the question. If you're a Windows person and will be backing up only Windows PCs, Windows Home Server has a great utility to back up workstations automatically. I'm more of a Linux guy, and I would use…

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