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Hello I have a dell poweredge 2950 III gen and I was wondering how to make it a server storage the one issue is it will have to turn on and backup all my computer files then shut down because it is very noisey. Also what software should I use have access to window server 2012 or linux. could anyone help me out? 

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2 minutes ago, Danielh90 said:

Hello I have a dell poweredge 2950 III gen and I was wondering how to make it a server storage the one issue is it will have to turn on and backup all my computer files then shut down because it is very noisey. Also what software should I use have access to window server 2012 or linux. could anyone help me out? 

Ubuntu would be a good OS, as it is free and file sharing is very easy to set up.

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7 minutes ago, NinjaJc01 said:

Ubuntu would be a good OS, as it is free and file sharing is very easy to set up.

Ok :) I already have ubuntu on there just need to figure out best software to use on ubuntu server and how to make it turn off and on every night by it self.  if possible!

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1 minute ago, Danielh90 said:

Ok :) I already have ubuntu on there just need to figure out best software to use on ubuntu server and how to make it turn off and on every night by it self.  if possible!

Don't use ubuntu server, it's harder to set things up without a GUI. In most BIOSes, you can set it up to boot at a certain time. You can then write a small startup script to back up files, and shutdown when finished.

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2 minutes ago, NinjaJc01 said:

Don't use ubuntu server, it's harder to set things up without a GUI. In most BIOSes, you can set it up to boot at a certain time. You can then write a small startup script to back up files, and shutdown when finished.

What os do you recommend?

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1 minute ago, Danielh90 said:

What os do you recommend?

Ubuntu, but not the server version.

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1 minute ago, Danielh90 said:

So ubuntu desktop? 

Yep. 

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1 minute ago, Danielh90 said:

What software for the backup? I would like to make my windows machine and server backup at a certain time every night? +

Back up to what?

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47 minutes ago, Danielh90 said:

to the server* 

You can probably write a script on the main PC. I can't help you there.

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13 minutes ago, Danielh90 said:

Ok

I think there's something that would probably work, I'll try to find the youtube video.

EDIT: Nope, I can't find it. This guy built a physical switch to backup his PC.

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Correct me if I have missed it, but what client operating system are you attempting to backup?

Is this a Windows based PC you are attempting to backup to a remote server or an Ubuntu desktop you are attempting to backup to a remote server?

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20 hours ago, Danielh90 said:

Hello I have a dell poweredge 2950 III gen and I was wondering how to make it a server storage the one issue is it will have to turn on and backup all my computer files then shut down because it is very noisey. Also what software should I use have access to window server 2012 or linux. could anyone help me out? 

Id higly suggest that you get a newer server as the 2950 runs hot and loud. If you pay for power its cheaper to buy a newer used server, but that being said.

 

Your limited to 2tb drives with the perc 6/i. Id personally run a usb flash drive inside it for boot and then a 6x 2tb hdds for storage.

 

For os it doesn't really matter. All you need is an os that will do a simple file share. If you don't mind linux something like ubuntu server, debian, centos will be fine. I will use centos as an example as i use it more. You can also use something like rockstor if you want a web interface.

 

For centos, download the minimal install here and then put it on a usb stick with rufus. http://mirrors.gigenet.com/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso

 

Then install it to your usb drive inside your server(2gb or bigger is needer)(you will need 2 usbs one for the os and one for the os to be installed on.

 

Then you can ssh into the server once you know its ip either find it on your router or use a monitor to login in and type ip addr.

 

Then install samba and your good to go.

 

If you want more detial ask me.

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Ubuntu Server is absolutely fine as a server operating system, and if you've never used Linux most people's starting point. If you use the desktop edition, you'll be wasting valueable resources on a desktop environment.  If you want, you can use the desktop version to set things up, and then tell it to run "headless" (without the desktop) once everything is set up, and restart the desktop environment if you need to do any administration. Or, you can use SSH with something like PuTTY or Git Bash to do administration with the server. I believe Ubuntu Server includes an SSHd (the thing that you connect to with SSH) and you'd just connect like `ssh user@localhost' with localhost being your server's ip or hostname on your network.

 

As for a script to backup things, I'm not sure you can do that if you're running Windows on the computer you'd like to back up files from. If both machines were using Linux, you could use rsync on a scheduled cronjob to backup things. There's probably some software I don't know of to backup to an Ubuntu server from Windows. If you're content with just dragging and dropping files as a backup, you can also use Swish to connect your sever's filesystem to your Windows computer.

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