switch and network

Hello,

I want to set up a network with several servers, users and a switch.
The main consern is that the network must be cheap (utp) and it must be
as performant as I can get it. I'm not a network specialist but have
some very basic nolledge of it.

If I have a switch (24 ports) and I will connect 8 servers on that
switch (everyone on a different port). If I put them all in the same
network-segment, does the collision domain spans over the 5 ports or
does the switch splits the collision domain up on every port, knowing
that they are in the same segment?

If it is not split up, would a router be a solution?

Thanks for the help,
Bob

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