Best Homeserver OS?

[wilber]

Hey everyone,

I have a small i3 setup i was looking of turning into a home server system. This system will be used to hold video/pictures/music/itunes for both me and the mrs. I would most likely want to set up some sort of backup software to pull work files off the mrs laptop onto the server so its backed up.

I am also planning on putting a streaming box next to the tv in the living room so all this can be accessed on the tv (Western Digital TV Live Air Streaming Media Player?).

I do have a copy of the latest Windows Home Server but from my brief play around i found it pretty crap/lacking (seems to be a massive lack of plugins).

What do you use and what would you suggest for my needs?

 

[wilber]

Hmm it was awhile ago and it was a brief look at it.

I cant remember the details but i found the backup system a bit poo, I also remember trying to hunt for decent free antivirus and failed to come across something good that did not cost £200+

I think I will set the server up over the weekend and have a play around again and see.

What about a linux based system? What's worth considering? I took a look at FreeNAS and that does seem pretty powerful yet fairly user friendly to someone who's never used anything but Microsoft Products.

 

[wilber]

Cheers Nick

I'm going to have another bash with WHS 2011 this evening and install a few of those plugins as i can see them being pretty useful.

What AV are people running on WHS 2011?

 

[wilber]

Which free Antivirus are people using for WHS 2011?