I thought my recent good luck with my Plex server upgrade was great, then I won a Minisforum MS-A1!
I was listening to some YouTube videos while working the other day. I came across a channel @VirtualizationHowto that I hadn't seen before. The title "Perfect Home Lab 2024 and Minisforum Giveaway!" caught my eye. So I decided to watch. The contest rules were simple so I decided to put my name in the hat. I typed "Fingers crossed :)" into the comments and went on with my day.
I had completely forgotten about the contest until a week or so later when I saw a notification with a reply to my comment. It took me a few minutes to figure out what it even was. Then once I remembered I thought for sure I was being scammed.
So I reached out as requested and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I had indeed won!
Brandon from @VirtualizationHowto was great and got the server shipped super quick. It arrived in great condition and has been a marvelous addition to my setup.
I have also really enjoyed the channel. I am sure I will be watching many more videos to get more tips on using my new server!
So what am I using it for?
I have set it up as a Proxmox server. I have the OS installed on a 512GB NVMe SSD and have 2 1TB NVMe SSDs setup as a mirror for VM storage. I have migrated a setup that was previously on a Dell OptiPlex to an Ubuntu VM running on the new server. It is working great and I have a ton of overhead to add more VMs and services. Full specs are here.
