Will this be overkill or otherwise not recommended for someone who is new and just starting to learn?

My goal is to have something I can grow into, but initially I’d like to host a few VMs, game servers, and a have place to store content. I’d also like to host a PLEX server in the future as well but might buy a separate piece of hardware for it specifically down the road. Thanks in advance for taking the time to help a newbie!

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    1 year ago

    A 12/13 generation NUC with 64GB RAM eats most of those very outdated servers alive.

    And storage you can easily put into a NAS with SFP+ slots.

    pro argument for 10+ year racks are:

    • if you have free energy
    • heating included
    • direct attached storage for performance tasks (you can get around that easily with multiple NVMe - not in a NUC though)
    • looks professional