popularDr.W posted Jul 08, 2025 08:55 AM
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popularDr.W posted Jul 08, 2025 08:55 AM
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However, you lose the 2.5gb lan ports to 1gb ports and also lose the display port to another HDMI. You can always add ram but cannot change this configuration.
Some home lab scenarios would prefer dual NICs. On the other hand, most users have no use for multiple NICs, but could possibly use the extra bandwidth from 2.5G one day. I personally have a few machines setup as hypervisors (Proxmox) and opted for single 2.5G NICs with VLAN tagging instead of separate NICs for each VLAN.
Also, the original model from this post, the SER5, includes an internal slot to use a 2.5" drive as well. This is a pretty big feature for those who like to tinker, IMO. It makes it easy to expand the storage with a drive you might have lying around. Or it could let you separate the OS from the data or VMs if used as a NAS or hypervisor.
Lastly, they don't make the RAM configuration clear on this SER5. Does it come with 1x16 GiB stick or 2x8 GiB?
None of this is meant to be arguing. Just a some thoughts to help people pick which model works best for them.
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