Ask HN: How do you use your home server?

7 pointsby yatsyk15년 전2 comments

I've assembled atom/mini-itx based home server and looking for ideas how can I use it. It's already used for:

- torrent server with transmission (also tried utorrent server but it crashed continuously)

- backup other computers with rsnapshot

- samba server

- different sites not ready for public so doesn't require ordinary hosting

Plan to use it for:

- install dlna server to stream content into lan

- calibre server for my ebook library and converting feed for reading on kindle

- move my gitolite server there

- asterisk, still not sure do I need it

- monitoring of my sites

- install zoneminder and plug video camera for video monitoring

Any other ideas?

2 comments

hcal15년 전

Home Media:

-I record shows from my hdhomerun network tuner with MythTV

-I like Usenet better than bittorrent so I use sabnzbd

-I have a script that runs every night to transcode all my new video into a format that make my iPad and AppleTV happy.

Other Nerd Stuff:

I setup SSH to use as an encrypted socks proxy, but I found that I use it more to forward X11 apps. For security purposes, I think its safer to run firefox on my secure home server on a remote X11 display than it is to run local firefox on my Mac routed through my home proxy. It also means that when I want to take my netbook instead of my MBP, I can offload the resources of an app to my server so my netbook stays responsive.

nateberkopec15년 전

Those are some unusually good ideas for a home server already...not the typical "LOL put your home movies on there" blogspam shit.

I have an Eee netbook sitting unused...looks like I just figured out what I'm going to do with my Sunday.