Agree with the replies so far. Mezzmo works well with all the supported flavors of Windows. Given you are creating a dedicated box, I would probably lean to one of the Windows Server editions.
Agree with the replies so far. Mezzmo works well with all the supported flavors of Windows. Given you are creating a dedicated box, I would probably lean to one of the Windows Server editions.
Mezzmo Android: Install it on your tablet, smartphone, Android TV or Amazon Fire to browse and stream files from your Mezzmo library to all your devices. Full details at http://www.conceiva.com/products/mez...mo_android.asp
Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on: Install it into Kodi to stream files from your Mezzmo library directly in Kodi. Full details at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?...odi_user_guide
Mezzmo for Roku App: Install it onto your Roku to stream files from your Mezzmo library. Full details at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?...oku_user_guide
Wiki: User Guides & Reference Manual at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Mezzmo.DLNA.Server
Twitter: https://twitter.com/conceiva_mezzmo
Web: http://www.mezzmo.com
Mezzmo Android: Install it on your tablet, smartphone, Android TV or Amazon Fire to browse and stream files from your Mezzmo library to all your devices. Full details at http://www.conceiva.com/products/mez...mo_android.asp
Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on: Install it into Kodi to stream files from your Mezzmo library directly in Kodi. Full details at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?...odi_user_guide
Mezzmo for Roku App: Install it onto your Roku to stream files from your Mezzmo library. Full details at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?...oku_user_guide
Wiki: User Guides & Reference Manual at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Mezzmo.DLNA.Server
Twitter: https://twitter.com/conceiva_mezzmo
Web: http://www.mezzmo.com
I've run Mezzmo under Windows 7, 10 and Server 2008 R2 with no issues, all 64 bit. To the point about backups, you can run bare metal backups on all versions mentioned via the command line. Here's a command I use via the task scheduler:
c:\windows\System32\wbadmin.exe start backup -backupTarget:\\server2\backup\7 -include:c:,d: -allCritical -quiet
The backup target can be anything you want. The Windows restore utilities and such can read these backups. Windows 2008 R2 has a backup GUI which is easy to use. There's also things like Acronis which are inexpensive and more GUI driven.
I have been very pleased with Windows 10. I held off for awhile upgrading my Mezzmo server from Windows 7 to Windows 10 but am glad I did. What I find more important for Mezzmo is hardware, for storage and transcoding. I run Highpoint RAID controllers for storage. My main server has 24 drives with 192TB of storage across 3 -RAID 5 arrays. It has an additional 48TB in an expansion chassis. Depending upon how large your video collection is and the quality of your rips, will determine your storage needs. I rip mine all to native quality which means around 30GB for each Blu-Ray and 6 GB for each DVD. I rip everything to M2TS to avoid transcoding on most end points.
Speaking of transcoding, this is where CPU and similar come into play. If you are going to do a lot of transcoding then ensure your hardware is up the the task. I recently just completed a series of tests for various processors and Intel IQS support to support Mezzmo web streaming. Note Mezzmo supports Intel IQS now.
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Last edited by jbinkley60; 10-24-2017 at 08:24 PM.
Excellent feedback, jbinkley60. Thanks for sharing this.
Mezzmo Android: Install it on your tablet, smartphone, Android TV or Amazon Fire to browse and stream files from your Mezzmo library to all your devices. Full details at http://www.conceiva.com/products/mez...mo_android.asp
Mezzmo for Kodi Add-on: Install it into Kodi to stream files from your Mezzmo library directly in Kodi. Full details at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?...odi_user_guide
Mezzmo for Roku App: Install it onto your Roku to stream files from your Mezzmo library. Full details at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?...oku_user_guide
Wiki: User Guides & Reference Manual at http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Mezzmo.DLNA.Server
Twitter: https://twitter.com/conceiva_mezzmo
Web: http://www.mezzmo.com
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