rubbervir.us— A cool tutorial on how to setup a linux media server on an old computer. Access your files from any computer on the network
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regarding rickbauls comment.On a sub 1ghz processor would reccomend hardware raid too, but above 2ghz software raid in many cases would be a better choice in many cases. Its fast enough, there is no hardware to break, which in many cases could lead to trouble if you cant source spare parts, possibly losing all data in raid array. Its a lot cheaper, and for the price you have an extensive array of options, raid 10 is a good choice for performance/recovery. raid5 is great, with software raid you can just buy new disks, and raid manager can increase size of array, i started an raid5 disk array with 2 disks, so had no recovery option, bought a 3rd, then had my raid 5 array. software raid is flexible. just my thoughts.
I've done essentially the same thing with my old box. I started with Fedora Core 3, and it's still on there even though it's completely outdated because backing up huge amounts of data isn't a very good option just to stay current. If you're going to use a distro that upgrades frequently, make sure that you partition in a way that will allow the base system to be upgraded without effecting the data (which I didn't do a very good job with).I've taken it a bit father than what is mentioned in the article by hooking up the S-Video to my TV and the sound card to my surround sound system to truly make it a "media server". Also have Jinzora running so I can stream music to myself from anywhere, or use Jukebox mode to play through the stereo.People always sort of freak when I can control the TV from my laptop over a wireless network. ;)
I have a linux box we use to run a game server (counter-strike 1.6), but I periodically store files on it for easy access from other machines.I suggest using FTP which should be built in to the linux install (it was on my fedora core 5), otherwise you can install it. Free FTP clients are available for windows on the web.VNC is also great especially if you are on a LAN with the host - this was also built into my install, but again, you can install separately. This spares the average user from the command line possibly the script stuff.PS: don't download the illegal stuff (don't get caught!)
i'd love to build an ubuntu box, but i get so confused about which interface to use (kde, etc...) and then i try to open a console to type a command and I usually don't know what the command i ran just did... yes i'm a linux n00b. I WANT TO BELIEVE!(help)
By the way, you don't have to do "a lot of fiddling" to get NTFS-3g working on MacOS. There's a dmg for MacFUSE, and there's an installer for NTFS-3g. Install, remount the NTFS disk, and you're done. You don't even have to reboot.
kynkyMar 15, 2007
regarding rickbauls comment.On a sub 1ghz processor would reccomend hardware raid too, but above 2ghz software raid in many cases would be a better choice in many cases. Its fast enough, there is no hardware to break, which in many cases could lead to trouble if you cant source spare parts, possibly losing all data in raid array. Its a lot cheaper, and for the price you have an extensive array of options, raid 10 is a good choice for performance/recovery. raid5 is great, with software raid you can just buy new disks, and raid manager can increase size of array, i started an raid5 disk array with 2 disks, so had no recovery option, bought a 3rd, then had my raid 5 array. software raid is flexible. just my thoughts.
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randomgeekMar 15, 2007
I've done essentially the same thing with my old box. I started with Fedora Core 3, and it's still on there even though it's completely outdated because backing up huge amounts of data isn't a very good option just to stay current. If you're going to use a distro that upgrades frequently, make sure that you partition in a way that will allow the base system to be upgraded without effecting the data (which I didn't do a very good job with).I've taken it a bit father than what is mentioned in the article by hooking up the S-Video to my TV and the sound card to my surround sound system to truly make it a "media server". Also have Jinzora running so I can stream music to myself from anywhere, or use Jukebox mode to play through the stereo.People always sort of freak when I can control the TV from my laptop over a wireless network. ;)
rocket2dmnMar 15, 2007
I have a linux box we use to run a game server (counter-strike 1.6), but I periodically store files on it for easy access from other machines.I suggest using FTP which should be built in to the linux install (it was on my fedora core 5), otherwise you can install it. Free FTP clients are available for windows on the web.VNC is also great especially if you are on a LAN with the host - this was also built into my install, but again, you can install separately. This spares the average user from the command line possibly the script stuff.PS: don't download the illegal stuff (don't get caught!)
drpckenMar 16, 2007
i'd love to build an ubuntu box, but i get so confused about which interface to use (kde, etc...) and then i try to open a console to type a command and I usually don't know what the command i ran just did... yes i'm a linux n00b. I WANT TO BELIEVE!(help)
pandawebMar 16, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://rubbervir.us/projects/ubuntu_media_server/update.html">http://rubbervir.us/projects/ubuntu_media_server/update.html</a>a few unanswered questions answered
cbreakerMar 16, 2007
By the way, you don't have to do "a lot of fiddling" to get NTFS-3g working on MacOS. There's a dmg for MacFUSE, and there's an installer for NTFS-3g. Install, remount the NTFS disk, and you're done. You don't even have to reboot.
cuemkidMay 3, 2007
Hihi, i try it some times, but i like CentOS.My server use CentOS: <a class="user" href="http://www.onboom.com/">http://www.onboom.com/</a>
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dmitriyvozJun 25, 2007
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rjonnalAug 24, 2007
Several people have said to use Server Edition. That's a good idea, especially if you're running on an old
rjonnalAug 24, 2007
Do you mean "would never run Windows on my file servers"?
squirlyblackAug 1, 2008
Great how to. But, as in any discussion about linux, windows users have to come in and say that their solution is better. It's just easier, not better: linux was designed for this (i must agree with the others, use ubuntu server edition), windows was designed for gaming and huge hardware requirements. <a class="user" href="https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/index.jspa?ciscoHome=true?utm_source=blog+commenting&utm_medium=media&utm_content=Google&utm_campaign=International">https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/index.jspa?c ...</a>
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