Thanks guys, great response so far.
I now have a lot of options to consider and even though a home server might
be the end game that will have to wait till I have more time to spare.

Those of you into home servers might find this interesting:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/raspberry-pi-perfect-home-server

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Martin Schöön

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