What server are you running at home?

[axoid 9]

I voted for my primary server. In addition to a Win10 box I have a 2011 box as an app server and a Raspberry PI running as a vpn.

[Trig0r 210]

3 hours ago, nrf said:

Not boring to me. Any build is always a great adventure/accomplishment.  Looks like you lucked out on the WD Reds. what kind of VMs fit on that size SSD?

 

I'm running 5 VM's at the mo, a Windows 10 test machine that I span up the other day as I've been having issues with Outlook logins.

A Windows 10 Plex Server.

A Windows 10 "Share" machine.

A Windows 10 "Torrent" box.

A Windows 10 DC++ Hub.

With Deduplication switched on I've got 170Gb free as well

 

All of my data is spread over the spinners using Stablebit Drivepool and are all being watched by Stablebit Scanner.

 

I also actively monitor and look after a few servers for friends as well, my old Gen7 is running Win10/Plex for a friend (8Gb RAM 3Tb HDD Space) for him to Plex stuff on his Playstation, and a pair of Gen 8's for other friends also for Plex/Backup at their houses, all bar the Gen7 are covered by Drivepool and Scanner.

[oj88 134]

1.    Plex Media Server / Main NAS 
•    Gigabyte Z97-D3H
•    i5-4570
•    24GB RAM
•    IBM ServeRAID M1015 (IT Mode)
•    7x WD Red (24TB) - Pooled with DriveBender
•    HP N375T quad-gigabit NIC
•    Windows Server 2019
2.    DNS/DHCP
•    HP Microserver N40L
•    8GB RAM
•    Dell BCM5719 quad-gigabit NIC
•    Windows Server 2012 R2
3.    Untangle NG HomePro
•    HP Microserver N40L
•    4GB RAM
•    Intel dual-gigabit NIC
4.    XPEnology NAS - Backup and iSCSI Target
•    HP Microserver N40L
•    4GB RAM
•    4x Green (7TB)

Edited May 3, 2020 by oj88

[TheGuru 11]

Hyper-V box, spec'd:

• Home-build Windows Server 2016
• 64Gb RAM
• 2 x 1TB SSD + 1 x 2TB SSD
• Xeon E5-26790v2 10-core @ 3.0GHz

Hyper-V box is running the following virtual machines:

• Exchange Server 2016 (for small business use)
• 2 Minecraft servers (for the kids)
• Windows 10 developer "PC"
• A 2012 R2 server not really used any longer

 

Synology DS620Slim (yes, the new, 2.5", 6-bay NAS. It's so cute :))

• 4 x 500Gb Samsung Evo 8x0 SSD drives in SHR (for all the daily stuff)
• 2 x 2TB WD20SPZX drives (for the large media files)

 

Synology DS118

• Backup destination for the Hyper-V box

 

Synology DS120j

• Remote backup destination @ parents-in-law. Sync with DS118 using Hyper-Backup

 

HP Mediasmart EX 490

• Not really using it. It's sitting on the shelf in working condition but not powered on. Keeping it for sentimental values

Best, Bjorn

[ImTheTypeOfGuy 54]

Glad to see I am not the only one running WHS V1. 

[Dave 434]

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[Dave 434]

2 hours ago, ImTheTypeOfGuy said:

Glad to see I am not the only one running WHS V1. 

 

This poll was truly just to find you guys! V1 FTW!!!  

 

I still have two of the boxes and can't bring myself to sell them. I may fire one up just for grins.

[ImTheTypeOfGuy 54]

 
This poll was truly just to find you guys! V1 FTW!!!  
 
I still have two of the boxes and can't bring myself to sell them. I may fire one up just for grins.

It still runs flawlessly for me so no need to make a change. But gven it no longer receives updates I am planning to move it to Windows 10 with stable bit products. The box it is running on has to be 10 years old, maybe even 15. I ran it as my desktop for several years before moving it to Windows home server.

[oj88 134]

Speaking of WHSv1, this was my build over 10 years ago, lol. "Vail" (WHS2011) was just about to be released a year later.

 

 

 

I switched to WHS2011 in 2012 when I started running into issues with Storage Pool (disks randomly dropping out), which I later attributed to low quality SATA power connectors. WHS2011 served me 8 years until I switched to Windows Server 2019 a couple of months ago.

[ShadowPeo 81]

Also a matter of VM's vs Physical. I have multiple physical and plenty of virtual