Upgrade old components like the processor and power supply to reduce energy consumption. Spin down HDDs when not in use or ...

and set about building his own smart home server with help from some interesting software. The project is based around the Dirigera hub from Ikea, partially because [Paulo] is planning to use ...

Windows Home Server (WHS) was based on Windows Server 2003 ... and could completely restore a failed machine. In order to use WHS, every PC in the network required WHS Connector software.

These can prove invaluable for containerizing your apps and services, keeping everything updated, and making it much more convenient to manage more than one app running on your server(s).