- #WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 ALTERNATIVES INSTALL#
- #WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 ALTERNATIVES UPGRADE#
- #WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 ALTERNATIVES WINDOWS 10#
- #WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 ALTERNATIVES PC#
#WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 ALTERNATIVES PC#
You can change settings via a web browser from a PC on the local network.
#WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 ALTERNATIVES INSTALL#
Once you install FreeNAS, you can remove the monitor, keyboard, and mouse. You might get away with using as little as 192MBs of RAM. The newer (FreeNAS 8.x) version requires a USB or compact flash drive with at least 1 GB. Just make sure it has a bootable CD-ROM, network adapter, and a drive big enough to store your files. It can be installed via a LiveCD on a variety of 32-bit and 64-bit PCs and architectures. It’s not as plug and play of a solution as WHS.įreeNAS is an open source project released under the BSD License. Keep in mind that installing and using FreeNAS is best for technically inclined individuals. Plus, it features a torrent client to manage BitTorrent transfers. It also lets you stream media to computers, gaming consoles, and mobile devices via the UPnP, Apple, and Xbox (with plug-in) protocols.
This gives you a place to centrally store and access your files, instead of using simple shared folders. FreeNASįreeNAS is a possible free alternative if you primarily want just NAS functionality. On the other hand, you’ll likely find them not as well integrated with Windows desktops. Some may not even cost a dime if you install on an old PC. Here we’ll review three different alternative solutions to Windows Home Server that are not so expensive and performance-hungry. Plus, Microsoft announced this version will be the end of the Windows Home Server product line.
Additionally, the newest version, Windows Home Server 2011, lacks one useful feature (Drive Extender), and now the server only runs on PCs with a 64-bit processor. However, WHS requires at least $100 for the operating system and a decent PC to install on, or $350+ for a pre-built server. Among providing network-attached storage (NAS) functionality, it enables quick and easy backups, remote access, media streaming, and more. Microsoft’s Windows Home Server (WHS) is an interesting product to help families and small businesses store, organize, protect, and access files for up 10 PCs.
#WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 ALTERNATIVES WINDOWS 10#
Or is the obvious choice just to go for a regular Windows 10 Pro, which I already know really well, where Drivepool will work with my current hard drives without migrating to a new file system such as ZFS etc.Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 Unleashed, 3rd Edition With that said though, it is probably not a good idea to choose any of the more complex Linux setups for that reason. I really don't have any experience with Linux, but I always like to learn new stuff, so that may but be a bad thing. However, I guess it might be feasible to run the media server as a container on my NUC, but still have all the files stored on the server. Possibility to make backups of my Windows PCs around the house, preferably complete system snapshots. Possibility to run Docker containers, but this is not a must, since I will still run a separate Intel NUC for all my home automation, but I might use that for other services as well. (I currently run Stablebit Drivepool which has worked great). Some sort of storage pooling, since I use a multitude of different hard drives. The thing I get stuck with every time I think about this is, "what OS would be a good fit?".
#WINDOWS HOME SERVER 2011 ALTERNATIVES UPGRADE#
I really need to upgrade my home server to some other OS than my current Windows Home Server 2011, since it was deprecated several years ago (that is also how long I have been thinking about this 😱).
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