We take a look at two new Intel Core i5 and Core i7 based firewall and virtualization hosts with either 2x 10GbE and 4x 2.5GbE or 8x 2.5GbE network connections. This is a crazy little system that came pre-installed with pfSense Plus and we also put OPNsense and Proxmox VE on. We also discuss why VMware ESXi 8 will be a challenge. It makes a really interesting #homelab node that has a lot of onboard networking.
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Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video
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– Intel Core i3-N305 Fanless:
– Intel N100 and N200 Fanless:
– Intel Alder Lake Fanless:
– Beelink EQ12 Pro with i3-N305:
– Example of setting up Proxmox VE with OPNsense/ pfSense:
– iKoolCore R1 N6005 Review:
– R86S Review –
– ASRock 4×4 AMD Ryzen 7 5800U:
– Three 6x 2.5GbE Fanless Systems:
– Two Fanless N5105 Systems:
– VMware ESXi and pfSense on a 6x 2.5GbE Core i7 Fanless System:
– 4x 2.5GbE J4125 Unit (Topton):
– 4x 2.5GbE J4125 Unit (Hnsun):
– 4x 2.5GbE N5105 Unit:
– 4x 2.5GbE N6005 Unit:
– Netgate 4100 pfSense Plus Review:
– TinyPilot Raspberry Pi KVM:
– Lenovo M80q Tiny Gen 3 review:
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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
01:28 External Hardware Overview
04:04 Internal Hardware Overview
10:00 Performance
11:49 Power Consumption and Noise
14:28 Key Lessons Learned
18:00 Final Words
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