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!
Absolutely this. The power and heat from older servers is a significant factor. I’m running a r720XD and it pulls about 300w under normal load with a typical home server setup of VMs with home assistant, Plex, truenas, etc.
I would love to upgrade to something like a v4 cpu, but I’m leaning towards micro PCs in a cluster because of the size and power constraints.