Will this be overkill or otherwise not recommended for someone who is new and just starting to learn?
My goal is to have something I can grow into, but initially I’d like to host a few VMs, game servers, and a have place to store content. I’d also like to host a PLEX server in the future as well but might buy a separate piece of hardware for it specifically down the road. Thanks in advance for taking the time to help a newbie!
A 12/13 generation NUC with 64GB RAM eats most of those very outdated servers alive.
And storage you can easily put into a NAS with SFP+ slots.
pro argument for 10+ year racks are:
You forgot the last one
- Cool AF
Can you link a $400 NUC (with 64GB RAM) that eats this server alive? (With also CPU benchmarks?)
Running costs are a thing unless you have free energy as posted before or mama pays for it.
So you can’t?
I had mini’s and NUC… only problem I had was true out of band management. Intel AMT was ok ish… but not a candle to ilo idrac. I have a T330 with 64gb idling at 55w with true remote management I can hide it away.