WHS - Windows Home Server

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This is only an informational post to publically thank Lewinsky for helping me through the set up process of in getting my server up and running Windows Server 2003 on a headless old computer I had hanging around.
There has been no posting reference this subject in 2 years. I want to add that it is so easy to host your own stuff without paying someone to do it as well as pay to have a website built. WHS2003 lets you compile your own website with add-ins. All communications to and from the server are SSL on port 443 and you are issued a free security certificate. All communications can not be viewed by a man-in-the- middle.

My old box is an ASUS MB with two 1000Mhz processors and 750Mb ram. It serves out at about 500kbs and with three people downloading large files at the same time the processor is not overworking at all.

The server has only two things attatched, a power cord and a cat5 cable. Everything is controlled by a local computer or a remote computer, as Monica took control of everything from Illinois and I watched it all on my monitor. Here is The Motherboard: When the large picture comes in, just click on it to zoom in. This Whiist is an add in for hosting pictures on WHS2003. https://dougscabin.homeserver.com
I also run one of those new cloud computers, a TonidoPlug that cost $99.00. It does a lot and performs well at serving, in a box the size of a pack of smokes with a dozen built in apps, but nothing compared to WHS2003 capabilities, although it only draws 7 watts and plugs directly into an outlet. My server is set to go standby after 30 min of no activity, but wakes up within 15 sec if called on, and auto boots back if power fails.

I am writing this to let anyone considering taking the plunge, it is well worth it. The learning curve is pretty basic. ON MY OWN and before ever talking to Monica I had it up and running from scratch in 4 hours. I just put in the DVD and Microsoft did the rest.

Because I host and serve the pictures of the server, I did not have to go to photobucket or someplace else where other people can snoop my data. With a server, you are the sole owner and possessor of your stuff just like uncle Neal is of his stuff that he hosts and controls for us here.

For the benefit of those that want to keep track of what went on, the server logs all logins, successful and failed, what IP address looked at what, when and for how long and when and what may have been downloaded and uploaded. People that login are assigned priviledges on the site according to individual set permissions. Some can look, some can look and upload while others can look, upload or download whatever you have allowed that user to do. You also can change the name of the site in about 15 seconds. NEAL can tell you all the capabilities of a server. They are extremely smart beings. I am a novice and pass along this to others seeking information on this subject. MONICA is the grand wizard or NEAL is or both are.
I am also giving you a link to a forum called "We got Served", a good forum for anything on this subject. http://forum.wegotserved.com/

In Closing, Monica has had a WHS 2003 server going since Bill Gates came out with it and tells me he has never known of a WHS 2003 server being hacked. That statement is not an invitation either and respect you all will abide and not put me to the test. It could be a nightmare, but the link above is not a direct highway in.........Thank you for allowing me to tought WHS 2003 and Monica here.....You guys and gals got lots of stuff from SH3,4,5, and whatever else you could be hosting whhile having a ball.

[Monica Lewinsky]

Thank you for the above kind words. Always like helping a fellow Sub-Simmer.

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There are other small compact home servers on the market. One which I also own is a TonidoPlug, a "cloud computer" in the true sense of the word. It comes with a dozen buikt in apps and is the size of a package of cigarettes, plugs directly into a wall outlet with no power cord, runs a 1.2Ghz processor, 512Mb ram on a Linux Ubuntu OS. It has only a usb connection for your drives and a cat5 connector.

Take your smart phone and upload, download, serve the world anything, comes with Money, Thots, Jukebox, and about nine other apps. It has a built in email server, samba and ftp server. In a nutshell it does everything for you while on the go. It draws about 9 watts of power, equivelent to a night light and costs less than $15/yr to run 24/7. No more is the need to leave your computer on while on the go as TonidoPlug handles all apps as well as printing tasks.

Download Torrents with your phone and upload to Tonido and when you get home, its all waiting for you. CodeLathe, the makers of TonidoPlug is the only established manufacturer of cloud computers with built in apps. Buy another brand, program it yourself from scratch with Linux apps.

You also get your own domain name and SSL encrypted communications with a security certificate..........All this only $99........Unbelieveable.

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If anyone out there is into restoring Old John Deere Garden Tractors from the 1960's here are a few of the most sought after that I have redone. The one I put dual wheels on will bury the 12" bottom plow attatched. It is powered by a 12hp. Kohler.........
A real working link to them from my own Windows Home Server.

http://dougscabin.homeserver.com/

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Originally Posted by Ships-R-Us

There are other small compact home servers on the market. One which I also own is a TonidoPlug, a "cloud computer" in the true sense of the word. It comes with a dozen buikt in apps and is the size of a package of cigarettes, plugs directly into a wall outlet with no power cord, runs a 1.2Ghz processor, 512Mb ram on a Linux Ubuntu OS. It has only a usb connection for your drives and a cat5 connector.

Take your smart phone and upload, download, serve the world anything, comes with Money, Thots, Jukebox, and about nine other apps. It has a built in email server, samba and ftp server. In a nutshell it does everything for you while on the go. It draws about 9 watts of power, equivelent to a night light and costs less than $15/yr to run 24/7. No more is the need to leave your computer on while on the go as TonidoPlug handles all apps as well as printing tasks.

Download Torrents with your phone and upload to Tonido and when you get home, its all waiting for you. CodeLathe, the makers of TonidoPlug is the only established manufacturer of cloud computers with built in apps. Buy another brand, program it yourself from scratch with Linux apps.

You also get your own domain name and SSL encrypted communications with a security certificate..........All this only $99........Unbelieveable.

http://dougscabin.homeserver.com/TonidoPlug/

Here is a working link. I'm still jumping hoops to learn this stuff.
http://dougscabin.homeserver.com/TonidoPlug/