![]() ![]() Only one NIC, but really for home use this isn’t a terribly huge deal.The NUC doesn’t come with a power cord, so you’ll have to buy a clover leaf style cord if you don’t already have any.The only “downsides” I’ve found with the Intel NUC are: I loaded both of my NUC i5’s ESXi hosts with 16GB G.SKILL DDR3 RAM, and a SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB flash drive to install ESXi 5.0 onto – they are smaller than a thumbnail and provide more than enough space to install ESXi. Extremely small, nearly 4 1/2″ inch square footprint.Includes vPro which allows me to easily run both NUC’s headless.A dual core CPU that scores nearly 3,600 in PassMark benchmarking. ![]() I debated on going the whitebox solution as I build all my own desktops anyway, I also looked at several other solutions such as the HP M元10e server, Shuttle XH61V barebones machine, but ultimately decided to go with two Intel NUC i5’s. I’ve been meaning to upgrade my home lab for a while and just never got around to it, until now! When looking for new hardware I wanted the servers to be as compact as possible, quiet, and low energy usage as possible while still having some horsepower. ![]() In the past I’ve been using a single server to run my VMware ESXi home lab. ![]()
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