The just-released Windows Home Server (WHS) from Microsoft Corp. is a surprisingly powerful networking tool that offers some of the sophisticated networking capabilities you would expect from big ...

Users of the previous version complained about unstable connections and incomplete routing tables. Unraid manufacturer Lime ...

Things don’t always go according to plan when using any networking hardware or software, and Windows Home Server (WHS) is no exception. If you run into trouble installing or using WHS or the ...

Building a home server can seem like a daunting task ... ZFS storage pools, containers, and network shares. By following these instructions, you’ll have a system capable of efficiently handling ...

The solution is rather elegant, involving the setup of a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) server that stores the ISO files ...

Apple installs the server edition of Mac OS X 10.6 ... “It has a bunch of USB ports, 4GB of memory, it can connect to a home wireless network, and decent if not great graphics.” ...

The demise of the real Windows Home Server line in 2011 left a hole ... By comparing what an open-source network attached server OS can accomplish against Microsoft’s Windows 10, we can at ...

Setting up your own Windows server is pretty simple ... no trouble sharing documents back and forth across your home or office network. And if all you need is a way to easily share documents ...

Offloading services to a Raspberry Pi reduces server load, adds security ... When I needed to start accessing my home network remotely, I looked into several VPN options. WireGuard stood out ...

Media gateway. Entertainment hub. Digital media tank. Call it what you will, it’s a home server. With the explosion of digital content — much of it increasingly memory-intensive video ...

Sure, you can get a network attached storage device, or rely on somebody's cloud — but, I've run a Mac-based home server for a very long time. Why have I kept one running, and why should you ...