ok basement almost redone and I will be getting back to getting HS fully back up and running. need some thoughts and guidance...
Ok so I have been here for some time and if you recall I have gone through many machines finding the right setup for a SINGLE machine. Never cared of going green with an atom pc... just like a car.. if I want power I wont try and take a prius to the track (i just bought a prius and nope.. dont belong on a track).....
so anyway I was running XP then Server 2003 then WHS1.... various machines... etc...
my current setup is in my sig...
Dell Optiplex Tower - Xeon - 8gb ram
running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials (WHS 2012 basically)
I also purchased stablebit drivepool. very nice app... and only $20...
Boss is letting me use the msdn OS
so software im good.. HW im ok....but i have options...
so my long term goals
file server - host movies, music and data files
itunes for wife and kids to sync their iPxd devices (im an android guy)
redundancy - stablebit drivepool - so this should be considered complete
cameras - if you remember cctv cards only supported 32bit os and with ip cameras getting cheaper it maybe the way to go but I do still have 4 cctv cameras. Ebay now has 64bit OS cctv cards!!!!!!
Guidance needed here...
1. what software to run on WHS2012 and allow client machines to interface for movies? mymovies seems like a good option but curious what is out there now....
2. server hardware - my biggest delema...
i usually use my dell precision t3500 for running vmware hypervisor and running my virtual environment. WHS2012 does do virtualization with Hyper-v so maybe i can still have that all in 1...
so whatta ya think?
my goal is to get situated this weekend and get my drop ceiling back together. Once it is done I can tackle the thoughts on what to run. I have a machine in place now so if i use my t3500 i can start slow and migrate my data over and go.
stuff to setup
concord 4 alarm - already running on current setup and runs like a dream
19 - ms13a motions
15 - 23890w 2 way x10 light switches and companions for 3 way config
2 - ha20c zwave switches
10 - zwave outlets
10 - x10 outlets
5 - ds10a door sensors
so not a biggie but all that was setup in HS2.x when it was rock solid and man oh man did HS look sweet and perform superb. I was Mr OOBER GEEK!!!! and didnt have hstouch!
also checkout the mymovies page...
http://www.mymovies.dk/products/home...ls-server.aspx
Ok so I have been here for some time and if you recall I have gone through many machines finding the right setup for a SINGLE machine. Never cared of going green with an atom pc... just like a car.. if I want power I wont try and take a prius to the track (i just bought a prius and nope.. dont belong on a track).....
so anyway I was running XP then Server 2003 then WHS1.... various machines... etc...
my current setup is in my sig...
Dell Optiplex Tower - Xeon - 8gb ram
running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials (WHS 2012 basically)
I also purchased stablebit drivepool. very nice app... and only $20...
Boss is letting me use the msdn OS
so software im good.. HW im ok....but i have options...
so my long term goals
file server - host movies, music and data files
itunes for wife and kids to sync their iPxd devices (im an android guy)
redundancy - stablebit drivepool - so this should be considered complete
cameras - if you remember cctv cards only supported 32bit os and with ip cameras getting cheaper it maybe the way to go but I do still have 4 cctv cameras. Ebay now has 64bit OS cctv cards!!!!!!
Guidance needed here...
1. what software to run on WHS2012 and allow client machines to interface for movies? mymovies seems like a good option but curious what is out there now....
2. server hardware - my biggest delema...
- dell optiplex - leave how i have it
- dell precision t3500 / xeon / 24gb ram / plenty of sata ports
- dell optiplex 755 small form / 8gb ram / xeon / only 1 bay
i usually use my dell precision t3500 for running vmware hypervisor and running my virtual environment. WHS2012 does do virtualization with Hyper-v so maybe i can still have that all in 1...
so whatta ya think?
my goal is to get situated this weekend and get my drop ceiling back together. Once it is done I can tackle the thoughts on what to run. I have a machine in place now so if i use my t3500 i can start slow and migrate my data over and go.
stuff to setup
concord 4 alarm - already running on current setup and runs like a dream
19 - ms13a motions
15 - 23890w 2 way x10 light switches and companions for 3 way config
2 - ha20c zwave switches
10 - zwave outlets
10 - x10 outlets
5 - ds10a door sensors
so not a biggie but all that was setup in HS2.x when it was rock solid and man oh man did HS look sweet and perform superb. I was Mr OOBER GEEK!!!! and didnt have hstouch!
also checkout the mymovies page...
http://www.mymovies.dk/products/home...ls-server.aspx
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