Intro
This page, and the sub-pages, are intended mainly for documentation of setting up a simple home server based on linux but you are welcome to use it for your own setup. The system assumes only one administrator (myself), but users in the same workgroup of the local network can access the main storage pool through an SMB share.
Furthermore, the highest priority of the system is data integrity and accessibility in case of failure. For that purpose, the two external drives are formatted as EXT4 to be accessed easily by other systems in any scenario; one is the main drive, the other one is used for backups.
Hardware
HP Proliant N54L with:
2.2GHz AMD Dual Core
8GB (2 x 4GB) Kingston DDR3 Unbuffered Server RAM
1 x 250GB HDD (included)
2 x 1TB HDD WD Red
The plan so far...