Ok, What (I'm hoping) my finished home server will look like! so some of you jumped the gun and have asked what the pet project is.  Well the short answer is:  I’m building a Microsoft Home Server, cause I’m at a point in my life where I need the remote access, storage and the backups. 

No before you go "Oh pleeeeaazzzeee!", I’m following Doc Emmett Brown’s advice:  The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a home server , why not do it with some style?  

So my home server "ultimate case mod", is a replica  arcade machine.  Sure it’s not as small and sexy as well blogged Home server prototype, but it’s got other appeal - and it’s an tribute to my interests in virtualization.

Think about it, it’s perfect:  Lot’s of room for drives and big fans for cooling, UPS, and storage of other stuff.  I’ll be spending particular care, to make this machine as silent as possible too.

I’m picking up the wood on the weekend, the arcade controls arrived last week, the 21" monitor is out of storage.

This will be the first post of many, as I’ll be blogging everything as I go along.  I plan need to have it finished by Christmas.  Thanks to mame-arcade for the sample photo of their arcade machine, until mine starts to take shape.

Anyway, there is lots more to do, but I’ll save that for another post.  Now the interesting question is, does anyone know the subtle link between an arcade machine and Windows virtualization — and no, Ben you are not allowed to tell :)