Options for low TDP small/nuc PC (lemmy.ca)

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Hi, I'm looking to buy a small computer to upgrade my setup for selfhosted servers. Right now I'm running containers directly on my qnap nas but I would like to migrate most of them on a dedicated server. I'm looking for something that could run docker with stuff like plex, arrr apps, Torrenring, wireguard, vault garden and more. I would like for that server to be very power efficient, something running with as low as 65w TDP or less and also I would like it to be a small computer, something like beelink or Lenovo tiny form factor for example . I looked some small pc from Lenovo, Dell, hp and as I understood it is a bit messy with the power usage depending of the cpu. So I was wondering what would me options be here? Is there other people here who also wanted to run power efficient servers if yes what did you found?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

yep Proxmox + VMs is the way I'm setting this new one up to replace a few PIs.

Should end up running HomeAssistant, a security dashboard (with HDMI output to my video distribution rig) and whatever horsepower is left will be on demand for a video compression server node running Fileflows or Unmanic. if I can get GVT-G working properly, otherwise the dashboard and video encoder will share a VM with the full gpu. I just want to play with GVT-G.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Why would I go with proxmox rather than only a ubuntu server with docker and portainer as front end?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No reason one way or the other. I just like trying different things pretty often.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Haha ok make sense

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