Sell me on the home server meme Sup Forums

Sell me on the home server meme Sup Forums.
Why would I need one?

Because you have autism.

Storage and streaming.

If you need to ask why you need one then you don't need one. Just keep playing your facebook games or whatever you do in your spare time.

Bittorrent server (24/7 seeding on private trackers)
Onsite backup for desktop PC
Streaming files to Android TV box and phone

>Not programming your own HAL 9000

wew

C U C K

This is the only legitimate answer.

If you aren't mentally retarded, there is no reason to have a home server.

this, or for education

Or if you have a lot of consolidated hard drives and want a light weight passively cooled server that only draws 14watts.

I stopped paying for cable like 6 years ago. I stream & download everything. I have a server hosting all of my content, also used for backups, and as a 24/7 vpn tunneled connection for anonymity.

Passively cooled, a fanless PSU, about 8 or 10tb, I can't remember. It draws about 10 to 14watts. I can't hear it, it's always on, and I clean it maybe every 4 months.

The most maintenance I do on it is run an upgrade on ubuntu every other month.

I'd take pics, but I'm lazy like that

No, user, you've got that wrong. You're mentally retarded and can't have one.

Autist here, I have had a home server before. Building another in my spare time.

i have a home server, i connect my monitor to it and do all my work on it

How do I keep a current backup of a 10TB+ home server?

>file server
>vm host
>general computing (tripcode cracking, etc)

With a 20TB NAS.

did some on has think to backup data on blu ray of 100GB?

If you don't need one, you don't need one, simple as that.

>tfw checking backup file integrity and the CPU can barely keep up with the NVMe drive

Im replacing my old dual core era nas
thinking of ASRock FM2A88X+ ITX for my next shit probably doing vm , nas, seedbox, flex etc..
is there a itx case that support 8 hdd?

>running windows on your server

You must be 18+ to be here...

>I'd take pics, but I'm lazy like that
we can tell.

>projecting

only someone under 18 would run windows on his server

What is Enterprise and the real world for $800, Alex?

>enterprise is the same as win server
whatthefuckamireading.jpg

I'm not this dude but I'm in agreement here. What in the actual fuck are you doing? "Enterprise" Windows isn't Windows Server. It's meant for desktops at businesses. Not to mention that Windows Server is shit anyways. Unless you need AD + Exchange (hint: you don't for HOME, the point of this thread) you should not be using Windows Server.

>servers
>designed for "serving"

linux does it best you fucking child

the only reason idiots use windows on their server is if they are doing network logins

also "enterprise" is the client side for windows server in the enterprise environment. so you dont even have a proper server os

I run Windows on my server too. Sharing a folder through windows share as well as a printer is as easy as 5 clicks. I tried the Linux route. Involved editing the samba conf file further just to get a basic share going and even after googling for hours looking for tweaks and fixes, I still couldn't saturate a gigabit LAN.

Meanwhile windows sustains 115MB/s over the network no problems.

>But muh SSH

Only had to use it once. Where as I can remote desktop into my server and have a shit load more control with Windows. A feature that works great out of the box with minimal did where as getting even basic functionality in a remote service in Linux is a chore and a half.

My server has 16TB (4x4TB) and it's longest uptime was 97 days before I took it offline for cleaning. Fit home servers, windows hands down. I'd your server serving 50+ clients who need critical data 24/7 no exceptions? Go right ahead and run Linux.

>im too dumb to learn how to do basic shit, so i'll just keep using the product designed for dumb people like me

Not Win 8/10 Enterprise, you dolt, but Enterprise, as in business.

Lets see, OCIM / Lync, SharePoint, Exchange, AD, RDP, management, IIS...

But sure, keep telling yourself that everybody needs the same thing...

maybe your "friends" want to access your porn via nfs when they come over and raid your tendies collection

holy fuck youre retarded

my experience with "sharing" between windows computers:
>login failed or no login prompt

its literally broken

if you wanted to share shit on linux you can just use something like mediatomb for dlna then symlink folders into the dlna share folder. if you want to share mass storage then you can use vsftpd

theres also cifs-utils to create shared folders

I made the same point as: You're using the client (what I referred to as "desktops at businesses") without the Win Server component. You also don't need any of that shit for home use. This is a HOME server thread.

Just use Xpenology or something ultra simple. Windows Server is far too complex for what it does.

Quoting the wrong guy. I'm in agreement here with Windows.
>Projecting hard

You (assuming its you) is using windows enterprise on your computer. Not windows server, which is actually a server OS.

Also for all those memes you listed, theres a lot better alternatives. Had to try fix problems with the exchange server at work because the pajeets that manage it are too useless to do anything, and it was a fucking horrible experience. imap just werks,

Oops.

>You're using the client
No, not really. Running Server 2012 R2.

>You also don't need any of that shit for home use. This is a HOME server thread
Just because you don't want, need, or can't afford the gear doesn't mean that some of us are in the same situation. I run a full stack, as do a few friends of mine. Usually 2 - 5 servers and a SAN. Most of it running Windows.

Too retard to build one

>Can't even log into a Windows share
>Calls me retarded

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. I did various shares through Linux. CFS using Nautilus(Linux replica of Windows share), and a dedicated samba share. Samba worked decent enough but neither option could saturate gigabit. Ever. Would only see 55-60MB/s. I move hundreds of GBs worth of files at a time sometimes. That sure is unacceptable when windows gives me double that speed.
Should have specified. Windows 7 pro. I tried server 2008 and a lot of software didn't work with it.

> is using windows enterprise on your computer
Nope. See .

> Also for all those memes you listed, theres [SIC] a lot better alternatives
Find me a replacement for AD that also implements policy. Go ahead, I'll wait...

> Had to try fix problems with the exchange server at work
Get good. Exchange is easy, unless you really fuck up a DB or PAM.

>No, not really. Running Server 2012 R2.

Your screenshot says otherwise. Then again you seem to believe that more=better so there's no reasoning with people like you in the first place. You can do all of the same shit with far less in 2016 but this puts people out of jobs so they don't like to accept that fact.

>Your screenshot says otherwise.
Dafuq? What screenshot?

where the whole argument started

>Find me a replacement for AD that also implements policy. Go ahead, I'll wait...

Why in the actual fuck do you need this for home use? LDAP and basic AD shit exists (Samba 4) but it certainly won't let you push MSIs to people's computers. Once again, why the fuck would you need this for home user?

This one, retard:

Multiple users? Central management? Share mapping? Backups?

Also, that pic isn't mine...

>Also, that pic isn't mine...

Then why the fuck are you in this comment chain? But yes, you can easily do everything you just said with something like Xpenology or anything else built for ease of use for servers.

Go to bed Taylor

I have my reasons to have a home server.

I have several electronic systems in the house that are attach to my network ( pump controls, security gates, CCTV, Sensors, the whole 9 yards) and I need VPN to control them from far away, not to mention the fact I need storage for my cameras and sensor arrays data.

I also need centralized authentication(which I have not yet fucking implemented because I need a managed switch ffs) ( I have over 20-50 users in my home network).

And instead of passing cable to all my TV's I just put a TV tuner in my Server and then stream the channels over Ethernet to the TV's around the houses.

Not to mention Torrents Seeding, Virtualization, Testing, Website hosting etc...


I mean it's a simple question
>Do I have the need to host a server to do specific tasks that are cheaper and more effective on a single machine that will be on 24/7?

>Then why the fuck are you in this comment chain?
hahahahahah

summerfags kys

>says the guy who uses spaces between his lines
>>>/reddit/

> which I have not yet fucking implemented because I need a managed switch ffs
Cisco 2960's are coming down. Otherwise, if you're looking for new, I'm pretty happy with my Dell X1018P.

How did (or how are) you build this out?

>20-50 users in my home network

Are you mormon?

Maybe you should have bought a decent processor then.

Because you're not too moronic to not be able to build one, or are you?

When we have gigabit+ LAN speeds consolidating a lot of your data in one place so it is more accessible makes a lot of sense.

And yes, S: is a network mapped drive.

No I rent houses.

I jurry rigged everything from scratch.
I know the 2960's are going down but fuck me if i'm paying 600€ for them i'm waiting for my university to discontinue theirs so I can get em for next to nothing.

Currently my setup is a Intel NUC intel nuc i5 d54250wykh with pfsense as the router with 1 USB network adaptor.
Plan's to get a one of the routers from the school and grab a coax card and just stick with cisco gear.
As for the server I'm using a HP microserver g7 n54l extremely underpowered for my needs but I had to upgrade my laptop before I could even get more shit.

Nope I rent houses and Since I'm not about to get 8 different contracts for different houses from the same ISP it's easier to do it this way.

>mfw dual quote

Just smack my shit up

Copying my old post from previous thread.

well, host os (debian) handles nas function (samba) and two vms - one windows embedded based responsible for filtering seeds/peers and torrent service + webgui to communicate with clients (torrent webui+ addoon for firefox), i also sometimes use it as a terminal server. Other vm is for all other services including web based shit (wordpress site, ampache with full access to multimedia files stored on the server, phpsysinfo for status and roundcube for webmail), mail server + spamd, game server (l4d2 server). It also communicates with my car through integrated wifi card (pinging when in range and tracking if its moving, pretty dank security solution).
CPU handles all this shit pretty good. System drive and two 1,5TB shares are encrypted, so it uses a lot of cpu time, yet its completely usable for max 5 local users (and remote users if you count ampache and l4d2 server)

Takes only 15W under full load. The CPU is highly undervolted (thanks to the shitty quality control in AMD factories). It literally works fine with 0.3 volts less.

...

my desktop has more storage than your home server

you wouldn't need that much storage in your PC if you had a home server

I don't have gigabit networking, so a home server isn't useful to me

My desktop is basically my home server

>3 hour uptime
???

kek kill yourself already

Hey, if it works.

My home server is as small as a book. Your desktop is bigger than your mom's ass. That's the difference. Oh, and it uses 10 times less power.

I made this screenshot just after replacing the drive.

>windows on a server

>as small as a book
how did you manage to fit 2 3.5" drives, a motherboard and a cpu cooler into a book

>bigger than my moms ass
it fits under my desk. the height of it doesnt really matter.

>it uses 10 times less power
do home servers suddenly use less power than a desktop? i highly doubt you didnt go out and buy the 24 hour xeon. also running 2 computers is gonna use more power than one isnt it?

>I don't have gigabit networking
Jesus Christ, what are you doing?

Specialized hardware for small servers uses a shitton less power than a regular desktop. This post really shows how fucking clueless you are.

>meme
Kys faggot.

That's what NAS boxes are for. Cheaper, smaller and use less power

You cant just magically decrease the power draw by buying a "specialized" motherboard. Most CPUs are capable of C state idling so they will draw little power when idle anyway. Unless you bought a desktop with a budget processor then you're still going to be drawing a low amount of power from the wall.

If you can't think of a reason for yourself not to own or have one, then maybe its because you don't need one.
/thread

unless you can transfer atleast minimum 1gb/s file on LAN its a meme. i don't need another shit to upload/download with slow speeds.

powerline tfw

Show me a desktop processor with a 6W TDP. Oh wait there are any. Because they don't meet the performace needs of a dektop. But they work perfectly in a small NAS/server. a small homeserver pulls like 12-15W, my desktop idles at 65W

Is there a way to use a Windows computer as a terminal for a server? What I mean is, have Windows installed on my desktop machine, (for games, video editing, etc) and then full screen a Linux vm on my server for literally everything else?

SSH w/ X forwarding?

SSH

Couldn't you just rent a seedbox for private tracker seeding? They would probably have much better speeds

So you have a Linux "server" but don't know about SSH? wtf mang

wat

>6 watt TDP
do you even know what TDP is?

>65 watt
my processor idles at 40 watt

>my processor idles at 40 watt
Holy fuck, my i7 Haswell idles at about 15W.

What the fucking housefire do you have?

Which windows?

im basing it off online figures atm, im sure i have seen it go lower but im not at home to get a screenshot

these are not 3,5" you retarded negroid. Look at this picture again goddamn idiot
fucking retard, get back to Also just added a USB 3.0 500GB drive to keep VMs. This makes it 4,5TB + 16GB SATA MLC boot drive.

nice lies

it's also a haswell xeon, siomilar to a i7 4770

Windows 7 pro 64-bit. Home groups, file/printer sharing is just so easy to do over windows compared to linux and with what downsides? A few more frequent restarts? Not to mention the automated incremental backup tool that is literally schedule and forget.

I don't care who uses what for their home server, but I've yet to come across a single major flaw/problem with using windows 7/8.1/10 for a home media server. And all arguments against it usually sum up to "lol winders. Linux is better idiot. SSH is god tier. Git gud"

Why dont you change the first VM to linux with rtorrent + rutorrent

>I've yet to come across a single major flaw/problem with using windows 7/8.1/10 for a home media server

I use Windows for nearly all my stuff. And I wouldn't call it a flaw, but OMV allows boot from a flash or SD card, and is web managed.

My Plex server is now virtualized though, and running Server 2012 R2.

because linux can't into scanning for threats gaymes downloaded from thepiratebay
I also want to keep running on it some Windows specific software.

>What is ClamAV?

If you need storage get one, if not then dont.

Pic related, my 18tb

Are you trying to tell me there is no AV software for Linux that can scan files and archives?

Are you an idiot by any chance?

Why do home server cucks insist on using AD? I don't see any point

Windows + AV just werks. I'm not gonna change that.