Building a home server

fallenangel87

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Hello
I am looking at building my own home server. I am trying to become a IT technician but my college course is coming to an end and I do not know anything about networking.

So I was hoping to learn what I can at home by getting hands on and tutorials.

But I do not know what components to look for. I do not want a big sized or noisy server.

Or can anyone recommend anything that is not very expensive and noisy and loud.

Also if anyone knows of any tutorials about what I can do on a server because in the future I would like to open up a gaming cafe
 
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I'm confused! You don't need a server for networking. You need switches, routers or loadbalancers for networking. And you need a lawyer for a gaming cafe, because that is a license problem, not a technical problem.


If he wants centralized storage and control over all the computers in the cafe, then I would see why he wants a server
 

problematiq

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eBay is your friend. and big and loud is what Server admins and networking admins thrive on. server closets are our Narnia, and patch panels are our annoying cousin. I would start with 2 layer 3 Cisco switch's and if you want a quite server just use a desktop. Why Cisco? because everyone else uses them, I'm not a fan of them personally but you need to know what the industry standard is. Also a firewall. Start learning what a stateful firewall is and why you should have an implicit deny any any at the bottom of your ACL list. Networking is a large beast so be prepared for a lot of 'This should work but it doesn't...why..?" Also CompTIA is a great place to start if your new, but don't expect those certs to get you anywhere. They are considered to be the equivalent to getting to certification of completing kindergarten. Your next goal should be probably CCENT then your CCNA.
 

problematiq

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Technically the only legal means to virtualize Cisco hardware is to download the images from Cisco themselves and for that you would need a business account with them. If you were a student taking Cisco courses you could get packet tracer which works great as well.
 

And to run the POS system of cause. But I don't think that was the point.