Originally Posted by
jwible
So what's the goto config for a media server? I'm getting a bona fide workstation to replace my clapped out desktop that's weaker than my laptop. The 'boss' said keep the desktop so I'm going to slap in some drives and set it up to hold music, video, etc. It's loaded with Win7 Pro right now. Just take it out of my work domain, remove all the vpn and security software, clean out the work data, load up the media and let it rip, or is there a better way? Help me 33 nerds, you are my only hope.
Hot swappable RAID.
A lot of overhead on the power supply so you don't fry the machine.
Lots of on-chip cache if you expect a lot of concurrent connections.
It can be done with a Windows OS, but a Linux OS is better.