HomeBrainZ Value Series Home Servers are a great solution for homeowners wanting to implement basic Windows Home Server services, and also will provide capability for some light home automation control. 

Value Line Servers offer a very compact design (only 11.8" x 10.8" x 2.6"), reasonable processing power, coupled with some expansion capability.  The small size allows this server to be placed just about anywhere (home servers do not require a monitor, keyboard, or mouse to operate, but do require a wired LAN connection).

Note that because of the very small enclosure design of these systems, expandability of these units is somewhat limited, however the system is a good choice for any homeowners who want an affordable yet reasonably powerful system, and don't expect to need a lot of future expansion capability, such as needing more than 2 internal hard drives, or more than one internal optical drive.

The base product design is comprised of very high quality components, offers a very small footprint, and will outperform most any competing products being offered on the market.