arstechnica.com — What's a home media server? A central place to put all that data you have, from e-mail to music to movies. With multiple PCs becoming commonplace in the home, the need to push data through every room in the house via Ethernet or WiFi combined with the proliferation of digital-only content mean the storage demands of home users are rising quickly.
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ltmonFeb 1, 2007
I am using an Asus wireless router with USB ports. Simply attach a FAT32 hard drive et voila - home media server for < $150.For even more flexibility and the power to (e.g.) stream tunes or run bittorrent directly on your router install <a class="user" href="http://openwrt.org">http://openwrt.org</a> on the router. You can even attach printers, sound cards for central playback, run Asterisk for a home PABX.
kodekFeb 1, 2007
Because only a windows-based operating system can read/write to ntfs partitions without any problems (and the licensing of the technology is a problem).
jessejFeb 1, 2007
Read the article one more time, but this time replace the words 'data' and 'media' with pr0n. :9 Then it all makes sense.
sybermileFeb 2, 2007
my media server runs win server 2003 std
superkendallFeb 2, 2007
I was going to say the same thing - Apple also supports attaching a USB drive to the latest Airport Extreme base stations. Why have a whole computer and OS when the only point is to attach a drive?If you really want to get fancy you can attach a RAID enclosue to the WAP.
superkendallFeb 2, 2007
What about devices attached to the same etherent the wireless router is? It seems like they would get on fine.As for speed over wireless, Apple incorperates the ability to attach a USB 2.0 HD to the new Airport Extreme Wireless N routers.
stunnaFeb 2, 2007
I'm waiting for a pokemon MMO.
sarwolfMar 27, 2007
Great resource! I think the home media server idea is something that's going to be HUGE in the coming years.<a class="user" href="http://www.home-media-server.net">http://www.home-media-server.net</a>