Been looking at a storage solution for quite awhile, and have decided I would like to try building something myself, windows storage spaces along with the ReFS files system seems like a good place start, any one had some experience setting something up like this?

I'd be using it for two main things, storage of non-critical data like movies and music etc, and as a place to keep regular backups of important data.

My main question is what do I need software wise, I think i'm pretty set when it comes to hardware. Can I do this with a standard Windows 8/10 licenses, or do I need something like Windows Server Essentials, and is it fairly easy to set up?

Is there a way to set up so data can be easily accessed over the internet? (not something I need, but wouldn't mind having it)