Vinyl records take up a lot of space in the home, and since they were eclipsed by CDs they’ve pretty much disappeared from our homes, all except for the houses belonging to wedding DJs and record enthusiasts.

CDs were much smaller, and you could store far more of them in your house. However even compact discs take up space, especially if you’re really into your music and have a wide range in tastes. Therefore the digital evolution means great news for those who love music. No longer are you restricted to how many records you can fit on your shelf, or how many CDs you can get into your CD rack. Now it’s just a matter of how many MP3s you can fit on your MP3 player.

Even then though, some people may find their MP3 player is too small to fit everything they want; that’s why some are turning to home servers. Instead of shelves full of dusty records or racks full of CDs, you can buy a portable hard drive and use it as a music server. You can store nothing but music on your home server, and access it from either your PC, laptop or choice of MP3 players.

The added bonus of this is, should you lose your iPod or MP3 Player, or should your home computer crash, your home server will still be safely preserving your music collection.