Carpentry, huh? Well, my boss is a Jewish carpenter. ;-) Thanks for the input, everyone. This definitely helps me to put things into perspective. As for being "ashamed", well, ASB picked up on the intended hyperbole. I have much ?better? things of which to actually be ashamed!
I haven't had the burning desire or time to work with a home lab in the past, but definitely need to, and now is the time. The office is not conducive to a test environment, and the way things are these days, who knows how much longer %work% will be there. If I decide to branch out on my own, I need a test environment. Building such while being employed is much easier to do financially, as opposed to the alternative. On a more technical note, ASB - why specifically did you recommend that particular model Netgear over Linksys or anything else? Brian - curious, what brand/model is your external SATA cage? I don't know why I didn't think about a TechNet subscription (*headdesk*) - I have one at work. Duh. Thanks for the reminder. I even found a discount code online for TechNet Pro (no media) that knocked $88 off! Steven - multiple good points about documentation and 'real' servers being LOUD compared to desktops. I need to learn more about multiplicity, and I had not heard of Virtual Box. I'll have to read up on that as well. Again, thanks to EVERYONE for your input. I really appreciate it. Jonathan On Jan 13, 2011 1:10 PM, "Jonathan Link" <jonathan.l...@gmail.com> wrote: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
