Unlike your typical desktop OS, home server operating systems are infamous for their steep learning curves, convoluted UIs, and countless terminal commands… which isn’t entirely true. Sure, you may ...

Home lab projects often involve reusing dedicated server hardware or old PCs into experimentation rigs. While these options ...

Apple's OS X Server software is slated to be a $49 add-on to OS X Lion when it is released, and some home users may wonder what it is for and whether or not they can use it. Topher Kessler MacFixIt ...

Have you ever felt intrigued by the idea of running your own home server but found the process too intimidating or time-consuming? For many, the thought of managing complex systems like TrueNAS or ...

I’m a huge fan of Microsoft's Windows Home Server OS, the very capable and easy-to-use consumer server software. But the only Windows Home Server-based hardware I’ve had a chance to play around with ...

The coming Power Pack 3 for the Windows Home Server operating system will let users backup and restore Windows 7 PCs, Microsoft Corp. said on Friday. Microsoft said in a blog post that the upgrade ...

Since last Thursday, I was ordered under strict nondisclosure to keep my mouth shut. And that was really hard for me to do because I could barely contain my enthusiasm for what is probably the most ...

Microsoft’s announcement in January that it would release its Windows Home Server operating system in late 2007 has enticed Hewlett-Packard and Gateway to announce plans to roll out hardware, but Dell ...

Along with Wednesday's release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Apple released Mountain Lion Server as a $19.99 upgrade on the Mac App Store, while Xcode 4.4 was also provided to developers, and Apple ...

Hewlett-Packard has dropped plans to offer Microsoft’s next version of Windows Home Server OS, code-named Vail, in its products, after retiring a line of servers carrying the current version of the OS ...

Ask any Linux enthusiast, and they’ll tell you how awesome an operating system Linux can be. (Well, except Bryan Lunduke, who will say it sucks before he says it’s awesome.) For the desktop user, the ...

Sure, you can get a network attached storage device, or rely on somebody's cloud — but, I've run a Mac-based home server for a very long time. Why have I kept one running, and why should you start one ...