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    Small form factor ESXi with 64GB+ RAM?

    Thanks, that's great input. I had seen your Proxmox on C3000 post and that got me interested in the Atom. So, it's good to hear the next level of detail on the performance. How about the smaller form factor SuperMicro systems, like the E300-8D or or E200-8D? Would replacing the fans in...
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    Small form factor ESXi with 64GB+ RAM?

    Thanks for the responses. The noise on the Xeons is definitely a concern. A small tower like the Supermicro SuperServer 5028D might help with noise, but is pretty large relative to the NUC I'm using now. The Atom IOT servers look promising. I'm just not sure of the horsepower with those...
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    Small form factor ESXi with 64GB+ RAM?

    I’m a long-time NUC user, running ESXi 6.5 as my home server. It’s a dual core with 16GB RAM. It has served me well, but with a couple memory hog VMs doesn’t meet my needs any more. The Skull Canyon NUC is interesting, but I would like to have more than 32GB of RAM to avoid the same issues I...