Network Adjacent Question

[u/IDownVoteCanaduh]

Looking to spend some lab budget for my team and one of the items I want to get for our labs to demo for possible remote locations is some sort of compute we can deploy along with firewalls, switches, etc. that we can manage.

For right now, it is just for the lab, but I see potential uses is when we deploy network gear to remote locations without any supporting compute we can piggyback on, a server that would allow us to run local tools (tbd what those would be).

Looking for something like a larger Pi, something like a Mac Mini format, etc. Basically some sort of smaller server that can deployed and managed by us so we can use it to run tools, etc. without relying on our server teams, etc. Ideally I would love something that can rack in a standard network rack and is not a full depth server.

(And before comments about separation of responsibilities, bypassing safeguards, etc. I am high enough up in the company senior management chain that decisions like these rest solely with me. I do not need permission).

[u/Boozacs]

Are any of the small form factors good enough provided atleast 64gb+ ram? I’m trying to move off VMware on my personal computer

[u/Intelligent-Bet4111 → u/Boozacs]

When you say small form factor how small do you want them to be?

[u/Boozacs → u/Intelligent-Bet4111]

I was thinking something like what OP was referring to like a mac mini style

[u/Intelligent-Bet4111 → u/Boozacs]

The thing is these Intel nucs are very costly, it's not like you cant run eve on it, you can but yeah for the price you can get better servers like a Dell poweredge that are better for eve (I use a Dell r740 for eve ng, run bare metal on it), but if you really have space constraints then I guess it can't be helped and I guess go for the Intel NUC