But if the space is not enough, which would normally be the case if you want to maintain an extensive media library, you can add additional home server space using an external USB Drive. If the available space on your laptop will be sufficient for your needs then you can move on to the next step. You could also choose to run one of the many home server operating systems such as Amahi, OpenMediaVault, or FreeNAS as your VirtualBox guest OS. Update Guest Additions - Windows / Ubuntu guest (if you already have VBox Guest Additions installed).Install Guest Additions - Windows / Ubuntu guests.
Install Virtual Box - Windows / Ubuntu host system. Follow the posts listed below get your Linux server on VirtualBox up and running. The steps required to run Ubuntu home server on VirtualBox have be already been covered extensively. Setup Home Server on VirtualBoxįirst step is to setup Ubuntu Server on VirtualBox. While there are numerous uses for a home server, a basic Linux server on VirtualBox with PVR apps for automatic content download and NFS server or SAMBA server for file serving may just be enough to meet your local streaming needs. Kukele Octacore Android TV Box - $179.99. WeTek Play 2 Hybrid Media Center - $134.00. Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Player - $89.99. NVIDIA SHIELD TV Pro Home Media Server - $199.99. While many may consider 1 TB to be not enough for a home server, it is more than enough to run apps such as SickBeard, SickRage, Sonarr, or CouchPotato and stream latest TV shows and movies to network streaming clients around the house. One TB or more hard drives are also becoming common. 
Laptops consume much less power than desktops and these days, multi-core laptops with 8GB or more RAM is very common.
While this post shows how to run a Ubuntu home server on VirtualBox, you may also choose to use other operating systems for your server.
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