I currently run my plex server and home assistant via docker containers on my Synology DS218+ but with all the other containers i have running things are slowing down.

I’ve acquired x2 8th gen intel i5 with 8gb RAM NUC’s from a house clearance. My question is, would i be better off taking out the RAM from one and just using one NUC with 16gb RAM or should i use both, one for HA and one for Plex?

I realise it might be a little overkill for HA but i would like to run the OS rather than a docker container.

If i’m putting both on one 16gb device, what would you suggest the best OS would be? Shall i run up x2 VM’s on proxmax or is there a better way? Also, what configs for each VM would suit best?

  • andre_vauban@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Are you running out of memory or CPU? ie free -h vs uptime/top? Double up the RAM if you bottleneck is RAM or use the 2 NUCs if it’s a CPU bottleneck. Either way, it might be best to look at simply upgrading the a more powerful server in terms of both CPU/RAM though.

    The “best OS” is whatever you like, its really a religious debate. I would say just pick your favorite linux distro. Proxmox is just debian with a fancy gui.

  • walden@sub.wetshaving.socialEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I like Proxmox. If you’re willing to learn it’s pretty powerful stuff and is mostly managed through the web interface.

    That being said, it’s up to you to combine the RAM and run everything on one NUC. That’s probably what I would do. You could also buy another stick of ram to put in the left-over NUC if you decide to use it in the future.