Know the System Requirements
The hardware you choose for your home server must meet minimum system requirements. For the most part, the more you can improve on these minimum requirements, the better the performance. Since this is a long-term data management solution, try to meet the recommended requirements listed in the Hardware Requirements section; you’ll be depending on this server for some time and want it to be as powerful and reliable as possible. Keep in mind that you’ll need only a monitor, keyboard, and mouse during installation and setup, so there’s no need to improve on those items. In addition to hardware requirements, the PC you select to act as the server must meet operating system version requirements too.
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