[Discuss] Home server

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

For what you want, any Linux distro should do it nicely. You don't even
need a dedicated server for it if we are talking about periodically
backing up things like photos. Depending on what you want to spend, A
low cost NAS like WD My Cloud (about $150) should more than suffice. The
reason for a separate server is to protect you from a massive disk
failure caused by a lightning strike or power supply failure. I have
used the older WD MyBook at work for backups. The device is slow, but
reliable.


On 01/25/2015 12:37 PM, Rohan Joshi wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was thinking of making a home server that will backup my photos and
> documents, preferably one that is scheduled.
>
> Is there any particular distribution that is better than Ubuntu for this
> purpose.  I have a pentium D, and 2 gb of memory to work with.
> Also, any other suggestions of how to go about this are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Rohan
>

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