Simple Home File Server (Based On Ubuntu. Version 1.0 Author: Xam Last edited 01/20/2008 This tutorial explains how to turn an old PC with additional hard disks into a simple home file server. The file server is intended for home use. The home file server is accessible by Windows and Linux computers in the home network. The existing tutorials do not describe how to add additional disks or have a complex authorization or access procedure. Freenas (www.freenas.org) does have too many features for home users and more important it does not support the NTFS format. This Home File Server can work with hard disks formatted in NTFS. The server is built with Ubuntu Server 7.10 & Samba. I want to say first that this is not the only way of setting up such a system. 1 Requirements The hard disks for data storage in the file server must be formatted in the NTFS format. I assume that you already know how to install a hard drive. 2 Preliminary Note 3 The Base System Insert your Ubuntu install CD into your system and boot from it.
Set Up a Home Server. Setting up a home server running an open-source operating system is a popular and useful activity. Useful in what ways, you may ask. You could use it to run a website (I use a home server to power my world travel website, luxagraf.net), collect and send e-mail messages, store your OpenID credentials or serve your music around the home. As you can guess, we have a great many tutorials on Webmonkey for getting the most out of that machine in your closet. But here are some guidelines for the hardware side of it.
Introduction Before You Start – Alternatives Setting up a home server can be a lot of fun and a great learning experience. What you’ll need To build your own server, you need just a few components, some or all of which you may well have already: A computer A broadband network connection A network router, with Ethernet (CAT5) cable A monitor and keyboard (just for the first few steps) A CD/DVD drive/burner will be handy if you plan to use the server for media. The computer Memory. Best Home Server Software. How to build a Linux media server. Build Yourself an Affordable Media Server.