Hi All,
First time poster - A word of warning, I am quite green when it comes to builds
I am currently studying at university and I learn more from doing than reading text. It has come to the point where I need to invest in some hardware so I can practice what I am learning (most likely failing on a number of occasions).
I am chasing some advice and information regarding a potential home build which I would like for the below
I am chasing some advice on wether or not to group the home router in with the vm set up, or look at investing into two sets of hardware?
I am also chasing up some advice or a barebones list of what I should be looking at for the hardware that will run the virtualisation? I have done a large amount of research and seem to be going in circles. I am trying to keep it as budget as possible. I am also looking at storing it in a small wall mounted rack that is ~300mm deep and standards width. I can always put something on a shelf if required.
Any help would be much appreciated - Also, if possible I am in Australia, so some nice and easy to source parts would be appreciated.
lastly, can anyone recommend any beginner information for virtualisation?
Cheers
First time poster - A word of warning, I am quite green when it comes to builds
I am currently studying at university and I learn more from doing than reading text. It has come to the point where I need to invest in some hardware so I can practice what I am learning (most likely failing on a number of occasions).
I am chasing some advice and information regarding a potential home build which I would like for the below
- I want to run a home router; I am interested in learning a bit more about setting up a network, applying vlans, applying different network security mechanisms.
- I want to jump into the deep end with visualisation - the only experience I have at the moment is running vmware on my mac (so pretty much no experience)
- I want to be able to run kali images to work on pen testing and various hack the box challenges
- I want to be able to run a potential media server - I have a box (old now) that has a large array of media on it. It has been turned off for a while and I would like to have access to that media
- I want to be able to run up other servers where required - for network testing purposes, potential ability to look at hosting web servers for my own use, etc
I am chasing some advice on wether or not to group the home router in with the vm set up, or look at investing into two sets of hardware?
I am also chasing up some advice or a barebones list of what I should be looking at for the hardware that will run the virtualisation? I have done a large amount of research and seem to be going in circles. I am trying to keep it as budget as possible. I am also looking at storing it in a small wall mounted rack that is ~300mm deep and standards width. I can always put something on a shelf if required.
Any help would be much appreciated - Also, if possible I am in Australia, so some nice and easy to source parts would be appreciated.
lastly, can anyone recommend any beginner information for virtualisation?
Cheers