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Byline: Gordon Laing
Become a media mogul
How to create your own media server step by step
If you have a growing collection of digital music, photos and videos, a Media Server can help you make the most of them. In this month's Hardware column, we'll show you how to build your own.
The key to any successful project is first thinking carefully about what you want to achieve. This is especially crucial for any media server project because they can vary considerably in their capabilities, depending on your requirements.
If you just want basic file-serving, perhaps with the extra security of Raid, then you could get away with ...