Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A full review of the Beelink SEi12 mini PC as a home server running enterprise hypervisors. Can this little mini PC with the P cores and E cores be used for a home server in your home lab? We take a look at this and see which hypervisor is best to run with this unit.
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Introduction to the Beelink SEi12 - 0:00
Overview of the Beelink SEi12 - 0:55
Performance vs Efficient cores - 1:20
Loading type 1 hypervisors like VMware ESXi, Proxmox, etc - 2:25
Looking closer at some of the hardware specs - 2:55
Realtek 1 gig network adapter - 4:28
Logged into the Proxmox dashboard looking at VMs, bulk start - 5:20
Powering on 30 virtual machines at once - 6:40
Enabling or disabling the Efficient cores in the BIOS of the SEi12 - 8:09
SSH'ed into the Proxmox host, looking at the cores from the command line - 9:09
Looking at pinning virtual machines to specific CPU cores - 10:50
Power consumption - 12:24
Physical overview of the Beelink SEi12 - 13:37
Concluding thoughts on the Beelink SEi12 mini PC as a home server - 15:45
Read the written review of the Beelink SEi12 here:
virtualizationhowto.com/2024/01/beelink-sei12-review-as-mini-pc-home-server-with-core-i7-12650h
Things to know before you buy a Mini PC Server:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/09/mini-pc-server-things-to-know-before-you-buy
E cores vs P cores:
virtualizationhowto.com/2024/01/e-cores-vs-p-cores-in-home-servers
A full review of the Beelink SEi12 mini PC as a home server running enterprise hypervisors. Can this little mini PC with the P cores and E cores be used for a home server in your home lab? We take a look at this and see which hypervisor is best to run with this unit.
Check out the VHT forums to get your questions answered: virtualizationhowto.com/community
★ Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
★ My blog: virtualizationhowto.com
★ Twitter: twitter.com/vspinmaster
★ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
★ Github: github.com/brandonleegit
★ Facebook: facebook.com/people/VirtualizationHowto/100092747277326
★ Discord: discord.gg/Zb46NV6mB3
★ Pinterest: pinterest.com/brandonleevht
Introduction to the Beelink SEi12 - 0:00
Overview of the Beelink SEi12 - 0:55
Performance vs Efficient cores - 1:20
Loading type 1 hypervisors like VMware ESXi, Proxmox, etc - 2:25
Looking closer at some of the hardware specs - 2:55
Realtek 1 gig network adapter - 4:28
Logged into the Proxmox dashboard looking at VMs, bulk start - 5:20
Powering on 30 virtual machines at once - 6:40
Enabling or disabling the Efficient cores in the BIOS of the SEi12 - 8:09
SSH'ed into the Proxmox host, looking at the cores from the command line - 9:09
Looking at pinning virtual machines to specific CPU cores - 10:50
Power consumption - 12:24
Physical overview of the Beelink SEi12 - 13:37
Concluding thoughts on the Beelink SEi12 mini PC as a home server - 15:45
Read the written review of the Beelink SEi12 here:
virtualizationhowto.com/2024/01/beelink-sei12-review-as-mini-pc-home-server-with-core-i7-12650h
Things to know before you buy a Mini PC Server:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/09/mini-pc-server-things-to-know-before-you-buy
E cores vs P cores:
virtualizationhowto.com/2024/01/e-cores-vs-p-cores-in-home-servers
