This post from ServeTheHome essentially presents the ideal networking solution for a Proxmox mini-PC host: A suitable HP FlexIO v2 module for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, featuring the highly […]
Mini-PC Server #4:
New Possibilities
One of the truly best features of the HP models is FlexIO. It is now available in three versions: FlexIO, FlexIO v2, and FlexIO v3. The HP EliteDesk […]
Mini-PC Server #3:
Spoiled for choice
Many people with setups similar to ours have been using mini-PCs as “microservers” for years or have modified them for specific purposes, such as firewalls (pfSense). Lenovo models […]
Mini-PC Server #2:
Existing Hardware
The timing of this upgrade is really bad: good SSDs are very expensive, high-capacity RAM modules are practically unaffordable, and everything else is more expensive and harder to […]
Mini-PC Server #1:
Prolog
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’ve always been a fan of the wide variety of mini-PCs from different manufacturers and generations available on the (refurbished) market. Whether […]
Windows 11: Change the installed edition
This issue comes up particularly often with devices that come with Windows 11 preinstalled (as was the case before, for example, with Windows 10): The Home edition is […]
WhatsApp Desktop for Windows – Troubleshooting startup issues
There are many reasons to use the desktop versions of popular messaging apps. For us, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal are standard on all our computers. The desktop versions […]
Synology: Upgrade the DS1819+ to 10 Gbps over copper – E10G18-T1
Our largest Synology NAS, a DS1819+, is equipped with a PCIe 3.0 x8 expansion slot (electrically connected with four lanes), which, along with its eight 3.5-inch hard drive […]