Sensible minimum Windows PC spec for running a small home server? Security questions too.

Chris Wilson5 years ago

I am thinking of moving my small time Traccar Windows based server to a dedicated PC, can anyone comment on a sensible minimum spec if it is only tracking perhaps 5 devices? Looking at current usage on a fairly good spec PC I see it using minimal resources, so perhaps I only need something fairly modest if this is all it's doing?

Also, when I open ports for vehicle trackers, which ports can be just inbound and which outbound, plus are there any tips as to setting Windows Firewall to perhaps limit IP addresses able to access the server through these ports? I apologise if these security questions are naive, PC security in this depth is something I am not at all familiar with. Thanks