Best Mini PC For a HomeLab: Silent and Powerful VMware Server

So what computer would compliment every #homelab? You want something small, compact and fanless...well, check out this Protectli Mini PC.
This is the Protectli Vault Pro VP2410.

You can run whatever OS you want on this, but we set it up with #vmware #esxi 8, and buit a bunch of Virtual Machines onto it. You can also customize it the way you want.

Some of this things we covered -
- How to Get VMware ESXi and vSphere v8 running
- How to get VMware talking to a #synology NAS
- Building some Virtual Machines
- How to setup Active Directory on Windows Server 2022

Secure your network with a compact, fanless & silent. Comes with a Intel Celeron J4125 (quad core, 4MB second cache, 2.0 GHz with burst up to 2.7 GHz), 4x Intel Gigabit Ethernet NIC ports, 2x USB 3.0 Micro, 1x USB-C 3.2, 1x HDMI, 1x DP.

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[TechWithEmilio]

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[PEDoers]

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[Tenly]

You lost me when you said “Celeron” 🙄 and then again when you said 16 GB. Most people would be better off spending a bit more and getting a NUC.

[gowinfanless]

Professional, thank you for the video!

[youtubegoogle]

Are those VMs running on your celeron ?
I don't believe that a celeron can give this much performance...

[JasonsLabVideos]

Good video, I did a video on this using OPNsense and its very good at it !

[jeffnew]

Good video! ESXi, NFS, Active Directory. Very good and concise. Next: iSCSI. Don't forget port bindings! ;-)

[MikalaiKatovich]

What you can recommend to install as many virtual machines as possible on pc and not to run this pc at the limit of its capabilities?
Soft - just with OS

[aminsba]

Hello, I am looking to buy 2 mini PCs, I want to run VMware (and some nested esxi) on one of them and citrix xen server on the second one. I am looking for the one which support the max memory.
Thanks for you videos !

[icheema]

SUPER powerful quad core CELERON? come on dude

[tomrkba]

Does everything work if you put linux on it?

[Dbibby]

Besides from the 4 uplinks, how exactly is this any better than a ~$170USD Lenovo m920q? Nice box to throw PFSense and maybe a secondary DC, but definitely wouldn’t be the best option for “Best MiniPC for a Homelab”. Informative video for newcomers regarding homelab standup, but I wouldn’t recommend this unit.

[noth]

sorry but 'its got 4 ethernet points on the back? Points are things you may use in a card game, or a videogame of old, or even a 'charge point' for your car - or a wifi access point but NOT when you're referring to ethernet ports/adapters particularly when they are intended as clientside adapters. Yes it matters, because it affects your credibility, at least for pros who know the difference. Points as a word has no business being used when describing a server appliance...

[ericwilkins]

16GB max RAM, nah, there are better options that support up to 64GB.

[linzenmeyer]

Lmao...Im sorry bro...for that same price (and even less now) they have mini pc's with N95s that have 3ghz and a boost speed up to 3.7ghz.

This one just seems like trash bub.