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Current Recommendations For a Home File Server?

Posted by timothy on from the must-hold-stuff-must-dish-stuff dept.

j.sanchez1 writes "The recent coverage of Shuttle's new KPC has gotten me thinking (again) about a small, low-cost headless file server for home. In the past, I have looked at the iPaq and considered using older computers I have lying around, but for various reasons I have never jumped in to do it. Do you guys have any suggestions on what to use for a home file server (hardware and software)? The server would be feeding files to Windows PCs and connected to the network through a Linksys WRT54GL running DD-WRT firmware." There are a host of good options these days; what has the best bang for the home-user's buck?

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  1. deja vu by CodeMunch · · Score: 5, Informative
    You could always refer to the recent Ask Slashdot on this very topic.

    The Linksys NSLU2 is a little slow & not very intuitive but I just replaced my home file server (Athlong 1.4Ghz, 512MB, yaddahaddah) with one of these. There is a big fanbase for this little device and 3rd party firmware.

  2. You need a home server do you? by AP2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Boy, do I have a site you need to check out! http://www.stayathomeserver.com/book.aspx