Mini PC & Server

  • Beelink Mini PC Proxmox Home Server

    Beelink Mini PC S12 Pro: Proxmox Home Server

    The mini PC, characterized by its small form factor, is also becoming popular among enthusiasts and professionals doing office work. If you search on the web, there are many options to choose from. Beelink has many great options in this…

  • 5 tips to install ESXi for Mini PC

    5 Tips to Install ESXi on a Mini PC

    I have been having a lot of fun lately playing around with various Mini PCs in the home lab and finding options for running various hypervisors. I currently run VMware vSphere in the lab environment so installing ESXi on Mini…

  • Intel N100 4 cores VMs

    Intel N100 4 Cores: Can This Little CPU run VMs?

    Recently, I wrote up a post covering the GMKtek G2 Nucbox with an Intel N100 CPU. I mentioned in the post that it could do “light virtualization.” Can this little CPU with only 4 cores sufficiently run virtual machines? The…

  • Mini server for home lab environment

    Mini Server for Home Lab: GMKtec Nucbox G2

    I recently wrote a post covering the topic of mini pc vs server and it seems to have struck a chord with many. I think as power costs escalate in many areas, running full-fledged enterprise servers may not be practical…

  • Mini PC vs Server

    Mini pc vs Server: Best Home Lab Server in 2024?

    As we are headed into the back half of 2023, if you are like me, you are thinking about lab hardware that you may want to change out going into 2024. With Black Friday not much farther out in the…