Microsoft's Windows Home Server is the best, easiest-to-use answer to backing up and corralling all of the disparate media files in a networked home. And delivered in this petite, relatively affordable MediaSmart Server ex745 from HP, you get plenty of storage in a well-designed hardware package. We recommend this system all the way to anyone looking to take full control of their data.
Specs: AMD Sempron (1.8 GHz), 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM, 500 GB Hot-swap, 1.8 GHz, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server