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Thank you all for your responses. I had a coworker suggest FreeNAS as well. And thank you Shonen, I will search the Hak5 episodes for that walk-through. I like to know what I'm doing before actually doing it if possible. :)

Components: Older P4 based XPS Mid-grade desktop running Windows7 Mid-grade laptop running Windows7 (connected via wireless-n) PS3 (connected via wireless-n) Network Printer Linksys WRVS4400N router Task: I am wanting to buy a new iMac and turn the older P4 machine into a networked storage machine for common backup and video streaming to my PS3. I want to set the iMac and HP to automatically backup to the networked storage machine and have that machine automatically backup online via Cartographer. I also want all computers to have shared access to all media across the network. My main question is would Windows Home Server be my best option as the OS for the networked storage machine for ease of use operation? If not what would you suggest? Are there any other things to take into consideration for this task? Any other tips/suggestions anyone can offer? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks