Can a Mini PC Be a Homelab? | Are These an Afforadable Budget Homelab Option? | GMKtec G3 Mini PC

[@EVOTech1]

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[@rygskufud]

these very budget mini pcs are a nice choice as a home server especially if you already have another laptop/desktop as your main device for heavier tasks.

[@markhamlee]

I bought the Beelink version of the N95 mini pc this past summer, because I didn't want to pay scalper prices for a Raspberry Pi and when you factor in accessories, cases, etc., the Beelink was about the same price but with significantly more power. It's more than enough as a first homelab server, I was running several containers on it for various IoT and data collection related tasks, while also using it for watching Crunchy Roll and Netflix while I worked and never had any issues.

[@meistrimeez]

I also had a rasperry pi to run my homelab, but the sdcard on that died and wanted to get something more reliable. Just bought the g3 2 days ago. I also wanted to learn kubernetes and install some more demanding software. I think its good actually that the n100 is cut down silicon having only 1 memory channel and only 2 lanes of pcie 3.0 for nvme storege. This means lower cost and lower power consumption. Like you said the i7-s and r7-s are overkill for most people. Also 2.5G nic and av1 hw decoding is very nice bonus.

[@chromerims]

GMKtec NucBox G3 with N100 Alder Lake is very capable as a homelab server 👍 Thank you.

[@meneguzzo68]

I wanted to install Openmediavault in this G3, however I receive these USB errors at boot gen 23 13:34:20 openmediavault kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220) gen 23 13:34:20 openmediavault kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PC00.TXHC.RHUB.SS02], AE_NOT_FOUND (20220331/dswload2-162) gen 23 13:34:20 openmediavault kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220) gen 23 13:45:34 openmediavault kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PC00.TXHC.RHUB.SS01], AE_NOT_FOUND (20220331/dswload2-162) gen 23 13:45:34 openmediavault kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220) gen 23 13:45:34 openmediavault kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PC00.TXHC.RHUB.SS02], AE_NOT_FOUND (20220331/dswload2-162) gen 23 13:45:34 openmediavault kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220) gen 23 13:53:26 openmediavault kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PC00.TXHC.RHUB.SS01], AE_NOT_FOUND (20220331/dswload2-162) gen 23 13:53:26 openmediavault kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220) gen 23 13:53:26 openmediavault kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PC00.TXHC.RHUB.SS02], AE_NOT_FOUND (20220331/dswload2-162) gen 23 13:53:26 openmediavault kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20220331/psobject-220) G3 support replied me that they only support Windows 11 but it seems a Bios issue. Anyone is having these USB issues with G3 ? Thanks

[@EVOTech1]

Do you have secure boot disabled in the bios?

[@ItsReallyGeo]

expect driver issues with linux distros. I'm not familiar with openmediavault but it looks like the same errors.

[@meneguzzo68]

@@ItsReallyGeo do you confirm same error ? Did you email them ? I sent various email

[@Beany2007FTW]

Got to say, I've got a DL380 upstairs that I never fire up because it's a pain in terms of power and noise, and having firmware specific 'features' like running the fans at full whack - which is impressively loud - if you aren't running HP sanctioned expansion cards or disks.... I don't really need a homelab setup any more - I have docker on my NAS that covers my needs these days - but I think a Ryzen 4xxx/5xxx micro-PC running proxmox would be fine for my needs - eight core/sixteen thread, 32gb or more, and that's plenty enough for experimenting. OK, storage is a pain, but if you have an *existing* NAS, then iSCSI is your friend, although if you're not doing latency sensitive database stuff, even just SMB/NFS over 1gb will be fine (IE streaming 4k media etc) That said, I'm more interested in some of them fanless quad/octo core multiNIC systems and using one of those as a stonkingly quick router/VPN/some docker stuff. Honestly for fiddling with server sensibilities, compared to even just a few years ago, we've never eaten so good in terms of the hardware available to us.

[@JonatanCastro]

Great video! I believe the G3 has a 2.5 GbE port!

[@PCMasterX]

To have 2.5G ... Speed Over 280MB/s

[@patriot0971]

I am using Beelink SR5 with Ryzen 7.

[@rygskufud]

Hi, you should try reviewing the beelink sei12 mini pc, its basically the intel version of the ser5 and there is an i5 12450H and i7 12650H version. They have a noticeable improvement in cpu perforrmance compared to the amd models with an okay igpu.

[@feahnorl]

And 200% more power usage.

[@Twinsen70]

Great video! Just a question. What do you use for the 6 disk array? I want to run a NAS with a Mini PC but I have been reading a lot about the negatives of using a USB HDD enclosure. Any advice? Thanks!

[@francyspi4610]

Does anyone have problem with the Realtek RTL8852BE installed? Sometime the network card network drops if wi-fi is with 2,4ghz mode...

[@RighteousBruce]

Homelabbers love saying homelab.