Anyone else using Mac minis as VM hosts for self hosting? My Friendica server is a Linux VM on a Mac Mini in my living room. The VM is bound to a VLAN tagged network interface so it’s completely firewalled off from the rest of my network. Also got a second Linux VM on the same box for hosting local stuff on my main VLAN (HomeBridge/etc).

I feel like they’re really nice platforms for this, if not the cheapest. Cheaper than one might think though; I specced up an equivalent NUC and there wasn’t a lot of difference in price, and the M2 is really fast.

  • @deleted@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    I believe NUCs are more expensive than mini pcs and less bang for buck.

    Check out intel i5 9th gen. You can get one with hdd for ~$250. Some of them support m2.

    • goatsarahOP
      0•1 year ago

      @deleted I couldn’t find one with equivalent performance to the M2 for less money.

      I am not purchasing in dollars.