- Router type literally doesn't matter.
- Windows server can absolutely get dhcp address
- You can't remote into Nas hardware as they don't have a desktop
- Play a bit more and explore these technologies in your own home first, or. You'll have a huge headache waiting to happen.
Professional-Bug2305
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Skip the pi's
Grab a refurb mini pc off of amazon and max out the ram, and install proxmox. Should have a nice little sandbox for under 150.
The first question to ask is why? Exchange on prem is nothing but a pending security breech. Especially at a small business without dedicated experts and resources. You're realistically not going to save money either with how cheap hosted email is in comparison to a virtualization stack underlying storage, and monthly management time. You'll also have less uptime than Microsoft.
Coming from someone who was managing exchange on prem 6 months ago until I left that train wreck of an environment.
Proxmox is the best option here
Just use zfs within proxmox, only reason you'd do disk passthrough to vm would be if you're using esxi and want to use zfs still.
No, everyone needs a Colo datacenter's worth of hardware in their moist basement
Ah okay, I'd recommend softether as an option as it doesn't technically NAT changes to put into place. (easier if you can, but can work without it)