Home Servers

An Introduction to Home Servers

by Keaton Taylor October 4, 2010
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It is safe to say that we have all heard of servers. Some people imagine them as giant computers capable of calculating and quantifying massive amounts of data 24/7 to help protect the world from global catastrophe.  Now, while this all might have been true back in the 70’s, the servers of today come in [...]

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Setting Up A Home Server

by Jeff Weisbein August 2, 2008
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What should you be looking for when building/configuring/buying a home server and/or NAS device? A home server unlike a web or production server does not necessarily have to be the most powerful machine. In fact, to keep costs down you may want to consider using an old machine that you have lying around – I [...]

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