ServeTheHome | This CRAZY SMALL 2.5GbE Node will Change Everything @ServeTheHomeVideo | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 minutes ago.
This 4x 2.5GbE box is so small. We ran VMware, Proxmox VE, Windows, Ubuntu, OPNsense, and pfSense on this box to see how it performed. We tear it apart and get inside to see how it works. This might be the next awesome #homelab and traveling demo node.

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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
02:03 iKoolCore R1 External Overview
04:22 Internal Overview iKoolCore R1
07:51 Intel Pentium N6005 Performance
09:15 Power Consumption and Noise
12:36 Testing VMware ESXi, Windows, pfSense, OPNsense, Ubuntu Linux, and Proxmox VE
14:09 Key Lessons Learned
16:50 Final Words

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Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video
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- R86S Review - youtube.com/watch?v=Z-YLy-RRZnM
- ASRock 4x4 AMD Ryzen 7 5800U: youtu.be/oqwnD5zKXqQ
- Three 6x 2.5GbE Fanless Systems: youtu.be/tZK1l9bXDgs
- Two Fanless N5105 Systems: youtu.be/xExmvIHEQao
- VMware ESXi and pfSense on a 6x 2.5GbE Core i7 Fanless System: servethehome.com/topton-fanless-intel-core-i7-1165g7-box-running-vmware-esxi-veeam-and-pfsense
- 4x 2.5GbE J4125 Unit (Topton): youtu.be/IJhlqb4iGn4
- 4x 2.5GbE J4125 Unit (Hnsun): youtu.be/wUcDg_ms0is
- 4x 2.5GbE N5105 Unit: youtu.be/rUuaAPG0PxU
- 4x 2.5GbE N6005 Unit: youtu.be/Q4_SyLV7s60
- Netgate 4100 pfSense Plus Review: youtu.be/8-qT2D5wDD0
- TinyPilot Raspberry Pi KVM: youtu.be/l7i-hm_E2ls