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Overkill for starter build? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by PastamanVibrationsYa@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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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!

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[–] dfir_as@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A 12/13 generation NUC with 64GB RAM eats most of those very outdated servers alive.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:

if you have free energy
heating included
direct attached storage for performance tasks (you can get around that easily with multiple NVMe - not in a NUC though)
looks professional

[–] Deepspacecow12@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

You forgot the last one

- Cool AF

[–] dangernoodle01@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you link a $400 NUC (with 64GB RAM) that eats this server alive? (With also CPU benchmarks?)

[–] dfir_as@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Running costs are a thing unless you have free energy as posted before or mama pays for it.

[–] dangernoodle01@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

So you can't?

[–] themayora@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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.