Building a home file server - What OS and other possibilities

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Hi,

Im currently in the process of building a home file server. Mainly to store my music, bluray rips etc etc.

What OS would you recomend i install and what other possibilities are there? I do download from torrents and newsgroups is there any software i can install on the file server and remotely manage via my desktop pc? Ideally through internet explorer or something similar rather than having to keep remote desktoping in.

Specs are -

AMD 4600 x2
2gb DDR2 Ram
750w PSU
2 x Gigabit ethernet ports
3 x 1.5TB
2 x 1TB
1 x 500GB

Any help or input is really appreciated as this is my first server build.

Thanks,

Russ
 
Ive just been reading up on drive pooling. Looks very impressive.

So do you have one drive allocated as a system drive and the rest as storage devices which are all pooled together? What happens in the event of a drive failure?
 
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