Soldato
I did look at ProxMox on mine, but wanting to keep things simple as part of the DR side of things, I stuck with Windows 10 (now 11) and added the Hyper-V role for VM's and Drivepool and Scanner from Stablebit to manage the drives, having all of your data on NTFS drives makes things easier IMHO, for what I need at least.
16Gb of RAM makes a difference though...
I spent stupid money on my Gen8 over the years, a proper 65w HP heatsink, E3-1260L, 16Gb RAM, HP Controller card, Schoondoggy drive plates etc truth be told, if it could have taken 32gb of RAM I'd still have it, as for the size/performance of the box you cant go wrong, just a shame that HP forgot the home enthusiast crowd...
16Gb of RAM makes a difference though...
I spent stupid money on my Gen8 over the years, a proper 65w HP heatsink, E3-1260L, 16Gb RAM, HP Controller card, Schoondoggy drive plates etc truth be told, if it could have taken 32gb of RAM I'd still have it, as for the size/performance of the box you cant go wrong, just a shame that HP forgot the home enthusiast crowd...