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A client wants to store video and music in one central location and stream it to multiple devices. Which of the following would BEST fill this need?

The correct answer is C. Home server. A home server is the purpose-built solution for centralizing media storage and streaming content to multiple devices across a home network. It provides the storage capacity, always-on availability, and streaming software needed.

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Question

A client wants to store video and music in one central location and stream it to multiple devices. Which of the following would BEST fill this need?

Options

  • AHome theater
  • BVirtualization workstation
  • CHome server
  • DGaming

How the community answered

(58 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    3% (2)
  • C
    90% (52)
  • D
    5% (3)

Why each option

A home server is the purpose-built solution for centralizing media storage and streaming content to multiple devices across a home network. It provides the storage capacity, always-on availability, and streaming software needed.

AHome theater

A home theater system is an audio and video playback setup for a single room and cannot centrally store or stream content to other devices on the network.

BVirtualization workstation

A virtualization workstation is optimized for running multiple operating system instances simultaneously and is not purpose-built for media storage or multi-device streaming.

CHome serverCorrect

A home server runs dedicated media server software (such as Plex or Windows Media Server), stores large libraries of video and music on high-capacity drives, and streams content simultaneously to multiple clients such as smart TVs, tablets, and phones. It is designed for continuous operation and multi-client serving, which matches the described requirement exactly.

DGaming

A gaming system prioritizes high-performance graphics and low-latency processing for gaming and is not designed to serve media to multiple other devices.

Concept tested: Home server use case for centralized media streaming

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage

Topics

#home server#media streaming#centralized storage#NAS

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