Thought this might be helpful as a lot of these mini PCs are hitting the used market.

  • corroded@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I have a few services running on Proxmox that I’d like to switch over to bare metal. Pfsense for one. No need for an entire 1U server, but running on a dedicated machine would be great.

    Every mini PC I find is always lacking in some regard. ECC memory is non-negotiable, as is an SFP+ port or the ability to add a low-profile PCIe NIC, and I’m done buying off-brand Chinese crop on Amazon.

    If someone with a good reputation makes a reasonably-priced mini PC with ECC memory and at least some way to accept a 10Gb DAC, I’ll probably buy two.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve been running OPNsense as a VM in Proxmox for a year on an AliExpress box that doesn’t have ECC. If I might ask, why do you have a requirement for ECC?

      Before this box, I ran a Dell R230 with pfSense but got tired of the noise and 40 watt power draw.

      I’ve had zero issues without ECC, so I’m just curious about your need for it.