Recommendation for Server OS similar to WHS that is freeware. Nothing too complex.

[osage]

Amahi is what I would use. It is easy to set up and designed for home users.
http://www.amahi.org/

I was just browsing thru here and read the org post, I have used WHS some, but never really was sold on it. Of course the data corruption problems that were reported on the 1st release didn't thrill me. I have used it since the PPs were released as well.

But this Amahi server looks very interesting to me. Last night I nuked my latest Ubuntu install and installed it on a spare box. Very feature rich IMO, I think I may run this for a while before I move all my data drives over to this box.

I would suggest that anyone considering a centralized NAS/Backup setup take a look at it.

http://www.amahi.org/

 

[Muse]

You can save the money for buying Windows Home Server by buying more humble Hardware.

our specs are mote suitable for an humble gaming computer rather then functional server.

As an example HP sells WHS with the OS for $250. Buying WHS OEM is $99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...se&Order=PRICE

I.e. HP sells functional server for $150 which is a small fraction of your hardware.

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That URL does not work. Try pasting the URL directly into your post rather than hitting the Insert Link icon. For some reason it's often failing, at least for Newegg pages.

 

[JackMDS]

msn.com gave me a "Server too busy" error today.

AFAIK some of the public servers are under some sort of upgrade this week.

 

[Khyron320]

As for ZFS, IMO it's not worth putting up with Solaris just for ZFS. I'll hold out for Debian FreeBSD or BTRFS.

You keep posting that but ZFS can be installed in linux with zfs-fuse and it works just fine. You dont need Solaris at all.

Also doesnt FreeNAS have ZFS as well?

 

[Nothinman]

You keep posting that but ZFS can be installed in linux with zfs-fuse and it works just fine. You dont need Solaris at all.

Also doesnt FreeNAS have ZFS as well?

I'm not willing to trust zfs-fuse.