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How to build a terabyte file server for $500

1TB of storageI've been through three motherboards in the last four years, but somehow the whole time I've been on the same old 80GB hard drive. I've thought many times about upgrading my storage, and Information Week's Fred Langa's guide to building a complete terabyte file server for under $500 puts a bit of a twinkle in my eye. What would I do with 1TB of storage? Probably hold entire seasons of my favorite TV shows ripped from their DVDs, keep all of my favorite games installed at the same time, and stop worrying about how much space my photos are taking up. Langa's guide is comprehensive down to the last detail, from choosing your drives, motherboard, and case, to configuring the OS (he picks Puppy Linux but discusses over Windows as well), and there's plenty of photos, too. Highly recommended reading if you're feeling the drive space crunch.

Filed under: Utilities, Open Source

FreeNAS: One-stop network-attached storage

FreeNASI've often thought about dropping a couple of hard drives in an old PC and using it as a network file server, but the task of setting up the OS and getting things running seems daunting. FreeNAS, short for Free Network-Attached Storage, looks like it might be the solution I'vee been looking for. It's a 15MB download that includes a FreeBSD OS, CIFS (Samba), FTP, and NFS support, software RAID, and a web-based configuration interface. What's more, it'll boot from a USB key.

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With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet. They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...

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