suggestions for ground up household

[rbthompsonv]

(29th Aug, 2013 10:54 AM)mk01 Wrote:  

(29th Aug, 2013 10:17 AM)brantje Wrote:  s=host? What is that?
Maybe something for the wiki ?

s=host is very rare and very species type of watch. which is talink you it is too late and you are too tired )

OK... yeah...
ANYWAY! The current server is a slimline PC/Server (Dell Optiplex 960) and like I said, All it really does is host the media...
Would I be better suited running Ubuntu or a different Linux distro on it? or Just stick with a Windows platform? And if so, which windows should I use (I really am not a fan to any degree of Win8)

That being said, the Dell has had the DVD drive removed so i could run the 3 hard drives... Really, the only reason for 3 is that Windows (or the hardware itself... not sure) cant run the 2x2tb drives as a single 4tb drive natively.. I needed to install windows on the smaller (250gb drive) and use window's "Raid" style disk combiner to get the storage space... Would a linux distro allow me to run the 2x2tb drives as a single 4tb drive and lose the 250gb drive (possibly add a third 2tb drive for 6tb total?)

I am not worried about redundancy as most of my media is backed up every 60 days or so on an external drive...

I guess, really for starters, Im asking... what is the best setup method for what I have now as a backbone, followed by what would the logical upgrade be for it?