Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In testing and playing around with a lot of Mini PCs in the lab envirnoment lately, this video showcases the Beelink Mini S12 Pro which I think will make a great little Proxmox micro server for running a few workloads, containers, virtual machines, and other tasks as a home server. Check out my thoughts and review of the hardware for this type of use case.
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Introduction - 0:00
Introduction to the Beelink Mini S12 Pro - 0:37
Hardware specs of the Beelink Mini S12 Pro - 0:51
Overview of the Intel N100 CPU - 1:04
Describing the efficiency of the CPU - 1:22
DDR5 memory and configuration of the S12 Pro - 1:41
NVMe 2280 slot for storage - 2:09
Describing the networking of the Beelink S12 Pro - 2:34
Realtek incompatibility with VMware - 2:51
Talking about the experiment to see what this class fo hardware can run - 3:26
Overview of the Proxmox installation, LXC containers, and virtual machines - 3:48
System resource overview - 4:16
Responsiveness of the unit and running updates in containers for workloads - 4:23
No torture tests but real-world tasks being ran - 4:55
Idle time is desirable for home labs for power efficiency - 5:13
Very good fit for home lab workloads - 5:33
Talking about perhaps spinning up even more workloads - 5:57
RAM is most likely the bottleneck with 16 GB of memory and the N100 - 6:12
What is the sweet spot for this class of hardware in the home lab? 6:43
Why run a hypervisor instead of bare metal on this type of hardware? 7:04
Concluding thoughts on the Beelink Mini S12 Pro - 7:33
Write up of the home server review of the Beelink Mini PC S12 Pro:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/09/beelink-mini-pc-s12-pro-proxmox-home-server
5 Tips to install ESXi on a Mini PC:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/08/5-tips-to-install-esxi-on-a-mini-pc
Mini Server for the Home lab: GMKtec Nukbox G2:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/08/mini-server-for-home-lab-gmktec-nucbox-g2
In testing and playing around with a lot of Mini PCs in the lab envirnoment lately, this video showcases the Beelink Mini S12 Pro which I think will make a great little Proxmox micro server for running a few workloads, containers, virtual machines, and other tasks as a home server. Check out my thoughts and review of the hardware for this type of use case.
★ 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
Introduction - 0:00
Introduction to the Beelink Mini S12 Pro - 0:37
Hardware specs of the Beelink Mini S12 Pro - 0:51
Overview of the Intel N100 CPU - 1:04
Describing the efficiency of the CPU - 1:22
DDR5 memory and configuration of the S12 Pro - 1:41
NVMe 2280 slot for storage - 2:09
Describing the networking of the Beelink S12 Pro - 2:34
Realtek incompatibility with VMware - 2:51
Talking about the experiment to see what this class fo hardware can run - 3:26
Overview of the Proxmox installation, LXC containers, and virtual machines - 3:48
System resource overview - 4:16
Responsiveness of the unit and running updates in containers for workloads - 4:23
No torture tests but real-world tasks being ran - 4:55
Idle time is desirable for home labs for power efficiency - 5:13
Very good fit for home lab workloads - 5:33
Talking about perhaps spinning up even more workloads - 5:57
RAM is most likely the bottleneck with 16 GB of memory and the N100 - 6:12
What is the sweet spot for this class of hardware in the home lab? 6:43
Why run a hypervisor instead of bare metal on this type of hardware? 7:04
Concluding thoughts on the Beelink Mini S12 Pro - 7:33
Write up of the home server review of the Beelink Mini PC S12 Pro:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/09/beelink-mini-pc-s12-pro-proxmox-home-server
5 Tips to install ESXi on a Mini PC:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/08/5-tips-to-install-esxi-on-a-mini-pc
Mini Server for the Home lab: GMKtec Nukbox G2:
virtualizationhowto.com/2023/08/mini-server-for-home-lab-gmktec-nucbox-g2
