"Lightest" Windows OS for a NextPVR Server

[psycik]

Any thoughts?

It'll be a server only, so needing to run the recorder (and client for configuration only). Expecting to access via plex or nextpvr client.

Tuner will be a hdhome run with recording across the network.

I'm thinking probably windows 7, but is there anthing that would run leaner. By lean I mean C Drive size and memory usage. This will be running as a VM.

[mvallevand]

..I'm thinking probably windows 7, but is there anthing that would run leaner. By lean I mean C Drive size and memory usage. This will be running as a VM.

xp would be leanest if that is all you are looking for. However I have an 8 year old backend wit a cpu that wasn't even close to state of the art at the time, still running Vista on 2GB RAM running from a 110MB SSD and I don't come close to taxing it so you should do pretty well with any small win7 VM.

Transoding with plex will be your biggest worry.

Martin

[psycik]

xp would be leanest if that is all you are looking for. However I have an 8 year old backend wit a cputhat wasn't even close to state of the art at the time, still running Vista on 2GB RAM running from a 110MB SSD and I don't come close to taxing it so you should do pretty well with any small win7 VM.

Transoding with plex will be your biggest worry.

Martin

The "host" of the VM is my plex server...it's also the controller of all the disks.

Not sure I've still got media for XP...I'd probably end up with Windows 7 and cut it down to as small as possible. I think that will be ok on 2gb since it's only going to run nextpvr, and crashplan.

[psycik]

So I've got it working. Decided on windows 8. Virtualised on my host (32gb ram and a10). Bought a hdhomerun over night, and hooked it up. Told my plex channel where the new server was and off it went.

Technically I can actually remove a whole box with 2xhvr3000 and 1 nova t 500 and drives etc.

Quite pleased. Will probably give ravens samsung client a go also.