Project Homelab; ready-made NAS or home server, secure 10Gb network incl. VPN, game server hosting
Hello together I'm turning to you because I'm a bit stuck with my hobby of IT flair and IT guides, YouTube and the insatiable market don't give me enough objective transparency. The following facts: I live in a modern 3.5-room shared flat with a 10 Gb fibre optic connection. My goal is to set up my own home lab with my own cloud administration for documents, photos, video recordings from the surveillance cameras in the living area, Bitwarden PW hosting, VM experiments and hosting of game servers (e.g. Ark Survival Ascended, Minecraft, etc.). I also want to change my current network provider soon and get a new router that comes with some security features (e.g. DVPN/ VPN/ IPVPN, anti-malware proxy, etc.). Roughly speaking, I want the greatest possible flexibility and centralisation of my documents and applications with high security standards. As I work for a public authority, data protection is very important to me. I also want to protect my personal data as sensibly as possible. Questions: The main question for me is the hardware. Starting with the NAS, I'm unsure whether a brand of home-made equipment or a shelf product is the better choice, especially considering the electricity costs, but also the requirements for permanently hosted game servers. I'm completely at a loss when it comes to the network and would be grateful for advice from "good" network providers and high-performance components. A big thank you to all ICT cracks who take the time to help me with my problems ;)
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