Subj : Re: Intel NUCs
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : esc
Date : Sat Aug 19 2023 12:27 am

 pF> Any NUC worth their weight should run it. An Ultra-small form factor PC
 pF> would make a nice small server. If space isn't a concern, any desktop or
 pF> laptop from the past couple of years would do nicely.

I've have very positive experiences with NUCs in the past so this is a good rec. Thanks.

 pF> I started running Proxmox on a Thinkpad T450 with a mobile i5 and 20
 pF> megs of RAM and it does nicely. I'm moving my workloads to a desktop
 pF> with a 6th gen i5, 32 GB of RAM and a NVMe SSD, and it barely breaks a
 pF> sweat with a handful of containers, 2 Ubuntu VMs, and the BBS.

Assume you means 20 gigs of RAM? :P

That's good to know, though. Seems like it's pretty light to run things I'd need for my BBS needs to be met.

 pF> You wouldn't think a laptop would make a great server, but it's worked
 pF> fine, it was $15 with a broken keyboard, and my home lab started off
 pF> with all cast-off components that were free or parts-only.

Interesting...I have an old iBook with a Core 2 Duo. I have Win7 on there just because I wanted to see if it would work and it does, amazingly well. I wonder if there's a world where that machine can be a proxmox box. Or maybe I should just keep win7 on there and use that as my win7 machine. Decisions...

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