Windows based server, opinions please.

RUMBLERIDER2

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I am planning putting a Server together, based on Windows home server 2011 64bit.
Being on a budget i already have from previous builds, 2- 2gb sticks of Corsair Dominator DDR3.
A Corsair TX650 power supply.
Four Western Digital 1.5gb green hard drives.

I was thinking for the case a, BitFenix Prodigy.
The motherboard a, Asus E45M1-I DELUXE AMD Hudson M1 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard.
Any thought on this build please, & views on the motherboard, i want to keep the case as quiet as possible & uncluttered, hence the integrated cooler etc on the motherboard.
Also the build has to be as light as possible.
I will upgrade the hard drives to larger capacity, as budget allows.
 
The motherboard doesn't seem to support raid, and for a 4 hd setup, i'd recommend a board that supports raid 5 or you need to buy a raid controller card. Obviously the psu is overkill but as you already have it, there's no point getting a new one. The rest looks good. btw why does it need to be light? A server isn't someting that you move around very often imo.
 
Yeah, you can do that very easily. I'm guessing you don't know how to do those things?

EDIT: As above, why would you need it to be portable?
 
What motherboard would you recommend, as i would prefer raid on board, rather than a raid controller.
Yes i know the PSU, is overkill, but i do not think it is worth buying a new one.
The weight is a wife thing, she says i have too much heavy stuff in our spare bedroom, what do you say women !
 
I was building a HTPC/home server a while ago and I was first also looking for mb with onboard raid and a build in cpu/gpu but as far as i know there aren't any, some support raid0 and 1 but for 4 disks you want raid5. I think you need a socket 1155 board for that, not sure about AMD
 
OK. For basic file sharing all you would need to do is right-click on any folder you want to share and on the resulting properties window click on the "Sharing" tab. You can either click on Share or Advanced Sharing for more options.

Just choose the Share option for now and specify which users you want to give access to. Keep it simple and give everyone read access. Once that is done you will be able to access the shared folders contents from any device that is part of your network.

For backups you can use the service that Windows provides or download some third-party software. Just type "backup" in the start menu search bar and follow the instructions to create a backup. When you are asked where you would like to save your backup, click on the "Save on a network..." button and specify the path of a network drive. You will have to enter credentials in order to backup to the network drive. You can create a "backup user" just for this purpose, but you don't have to. Next, you can either let Windows backup the default folders or you can choose specific folders to backup.
 
Many thanks, you have all been really helpful.
I may come back with more questions as i progress, unless you have any more usefull ideas.
 
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