Ultimate Home Server Part 6 – Download Server
We're now firmly in the realms of having a really usable server. It's storing our data with redundancy, it's accessible from other devices on our network and it's serving up…
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So, Where Were We?
What a stroke of luck. After pretty much giving up hope of ever reclaiming this web address I managed to contact the current owner and made him an offer to buy it back.
For those not in the know, TechMadeEasy.co.uk is a website that I set up in late 2009 while living in Budapest. It seems strange as I type this to consider that 2009 was over a decade ago now, but I digress.
How to Upgrade an Ideapad 110s
The Lenovo Ideadad 110S doesn't have much in terms of upgradability, the system board inside is tiny and the measly 2B of RAM is soldered on. What it does have,…
Antec P101 Silent Review
A while back I was promised a P101 by Antec, the first review sample I would have received since deciding to blog again. Problem is they never actually sent it, I had a meeting scheduled with their PR guy which was cancelled, and then silence.
I’d already commited to the idea of using it for a home server build, so I’d have to go out and buy it myself… It better be good.
Ultimate Home Server Part 5 – Media Server
Now that we have our server setup and we actually have some media installed on it following the steps in Part 4, we now need a way to serve up…
Ultimate Home Server Part 4 – Setting up Network Shares
Now that we have our RAID array setup and working it would be nice if we could actually STORE some data on our home server. In this part I’m going to show you how you can setup some folders on your array from the command line and then share those folders across your network.
Once this is setup you’ll be able to drag and drop your files from any other Windows, Mac or Linux machine.
Review: TVS-e Gold Bharat Keyboard
Living in India has its perks. Sure it’s hot, it’s often smelly, the airs polluted and there’s people everywhere.
But, there is a huge amount of manufacturing here and prices are often based on what people can afford, not what companies want you to pay.
Kubuntu 18.04 – How to Install Guest Additions
If you’re running a vanilla Ubuntu instance inside Oracle’s VirtualBox software then you can easily install Oracle’s driver pack which helps your virtual PC to run smoothly.
It’s less easy in Kubuntu though, so here’s a quick walkthrough on how to do it:
Ultimate Home server Part 2 – Operating System + Remote Access
In Part 1 of this guide I showed you one way to put together a home server using off-the-shelf PC hardware.
In this part I’m going to discuss the various options for operating systems before making a recommendation and then taking you through the installation.
Because most home servers will operate “headless” (with no monitor or input devices attached) I’ll also take you through the process of accessing your server from another device on your network so that you can make changes to it.
Ultimate Home Server Part 3 – RAID Arrays
Setting up a RAID array is an important step in setting up any home server. Doing so will ensure that your data is protected if one (or more, in some circumstances) of your hard disks fails.
What’s more there are usually some performance benefits to a RAID setup as data can be sourced from multiple drives, effectively increasing performance beyond that of a single drives normal read speed.