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Los Angeles Computerhelp Newsletter
Computer Networking News |
Home networking has stumped many people, even MicrosoftIf you have a large family of computer-savvy folks, you may have set up a home network of your computers of some level of complexity, especially if you and your siblings tend to share music, movies or pictures with each other. One of the basic items in this sort of a home network would be a server. In a home network, a server would do the job of sharing the music, movies or picture files with all the computers in your home network. Now, that server can be as simple as a bare-bones server unit that you can add your own drive into such as the $50.00 Hawking HNAS1 or the Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ 1.5TB, Gigabit-Network device. You can also use an unused computer and run either Linux or a Microsoft operating system on it, and have it share your files. (Most likely, both of the above units use Linux as an operating system.) I tend to side with the Linux route myself. My reasoning is based on our experience with the different operating systems. For example, our office server was built in 1997, it runs Linux Red Hat v7, and other than power outages, has only been down four times in it's lifetime due to a hard drive upgrade, two physical moves and a dust cleanout/fan replacement. It just works. Small Business NetworkNow, what works for a large family will also work for a small business. We have seen many times in the recent past where a large computer manufacturer was contacted by a company of 2-4 people, and they were sold a $2,000.00 server for their office. This is nothing but RIDICULOUS OVERSELL. A small office needs no more than the above unless it is a high-end specialized office requiring server-based software. Period. If you buy more than the above for your small office, someone is conning you — don't do it! If you have any questions at all, feel free to call us — we won't ever charge for quick phone consultations. On that note, do you have a Microsoft "Home Server"? Please back up your data frequently, because:
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