I know the topic in this thread probably isn't anyones specialty, but I'm going out on a limb and asking some questions.
As I've stated before, I have an HP DL385 G1 (Actually an avaya server, but I'm not using it for media.) that I want to use for hosting a couple of game servers (Minecraft and something else potentially). I will eventually start building my collection of servers (looking at a DL360 for our webserver). ANYWAYS...What my questions are:
1) What kind of internet package should I look for the servers? Also, what provider should I look at? I live in North Carolina, TWC and Century Link are the two powerhouses with the potential of Windstream as well.
2) Should I look into a firewall? Who should I look at and what model? I'm leaning towards Cisco.
This is going to be a big project of mine, so the more information I can get the better because I don't want to dump a load of cash into something that won't be worth it.