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Speaking of backups, remember this. RAID IS NOT A BACKUP. Even if you use RAID you need to backup the data somewhere else, preferably off-site.

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Hopefully this isn't much of a newbie question, but..... how do I host a web/ftp server without a static IP address? My ISP has shared/dynamic IP's only... :(

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A bit of a guide for beginners... nothing wrong with that, i think its good, but i was excited about learning some cool advanced xen stuff... we should have more of that on digg... too much beginner stuff

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TorrentFlux isn't really the problem, it's the client it uses (The Python bittorrent script, or transmission - both of which are banned on most private trackers and quite a few public ones). I also didn't like either since they didn't seem to have DHT support.I wonder if someone has modified TorrentFlux to use the Mainline client (Which will never be banned on any trackers, since it's pretty much the client that dictates torrent-client "rules")

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Already do this and more on an OpenBSD box at home.I look at the number of Diggs this has and . . you call yourselves geeks. PSH!

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I changed my home server over to Ubuntu about 3 months ago now and have never looked back! I started out installing it on a spare HDD (so I could keep the XP disk "just" incase I changed my mind!) and haven't taken it out since! It is currently tucked up in my loft, alongside my Freenas box, and works brilliant - I can safely say it's working faster the when I had XP on it, even things like network transfers are faster!It serves as my file server, torrent client and even streams my music using an app called Firefly that works on the DAAP protocal so all other PC's on the network have the music available to them via either iTunes on Windows or Rhythmbox or Amarok on Ubuntu! The whole experience has been really great and I'm now staring to use Ubuntu on other computers more often (now the default boot OS's on my desktop!) and I've learnt a load since I started! This was an interesting tutorial and has now lead me to create a small to-do list for when i get home this evening to optimize my server and i'm gonna look into Torrentflux as a replacement to the ram hungury Azureus to! One thing I would recommend for the headless server setup is Webmin - it basically lets you manage the server from a web based interface and has many useful features such as configuring file shares and starting/stopping services that whilst can be done with the CLI or GUI can be achieved a lot easier via Webmin :-)

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Thanks for the help

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Where can I find this tutorial? This sounds like something I would like to try.

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