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[Kidge]

Hi Guys,

After having some trouble with Windows Update on Server 2012 Essentials I've decided to give up and start from fresh with a different OS.

Preferably looking for something which is free and happy to spend a little time getting it set up.

What I'm looking for is something that will do the following:

- Store all my data (music/pics/movies)
- Share these to multiple clients (Plex & Windows/Samba shares)
- Automatically back up the data to an external HDD maybe once a week
- Automatically (or easily) updates it's own server OS

Would something like Ubunto Server be good to try?

 

[Kidge]

Cheers, will take a look at book options - is Unraid free as it seems to only give me a trial download?

 

[Kidge]

Nah, it's not free. But it's worth buying.

Fair enough, I like the look of FreeNAS so going to give that a try this weekend. If I don't get on with it I'll trial unRAID