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Are questions about home server somehow inherently off-topic? If so, why?
Home use questions are Off Topic because this is the considered decision of the SF community.
SF is for IT Professionals wanting answers to questions in a professional setting.
If you read the faq …
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Interpretation of Off Topic
You could conceivably ask any IT related question on SF and expect to have it answered but that is not our mission. Let's take Windows 7 as an example
If someone says How do I use $applicaton on Wind …
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Is nginx off-topic?
Nginx, it's installation, configuration, management, trouble shooting etc are definitely topical.
I think that the question you link to has fallen foul of being a product recommendation/shopping req …
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Where do questions regarding labs for enterprise equipment & software belong if not SF?
You can rent a server from OVH (others too probably) for about 100USD per month, they list ESXi as a virtualisation environment they have available for preinstallation.
The setup above is much closer …
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Question about ReadyNAS being inaccessible was put on hold as "off-topic" — what to do?
I really can't see what you were expecting of us. You told us you did something and then basically screamed HALP!.
You would be very much better off asking this question of the manufacturer.
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What is our policy on "legacy" off-topic questions?
Sure, things have changed a bit since the site started and many of the questions would probably be closed as off topic today but they are here and may be of use to someone in the future.
I would say …
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