I use Xen with headless Deban on a Lenovo TS140 which runs around $300
+ storage. I use xen-tools to create VMs. It works pretty well for me.

On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Holland Griffis
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The new NUC 6's take up to 32 gigs of ram. If you get the SYH model you can
> put an M.2 and a regular ssd in for tons of fast vm storage.
>
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> My work laptop runs RHEL with KVM and virt-manager installed and I use
>> that for quick VMs to do some fast troubleshooting/issue reproduction. Its
>> when I out grow the RAM on my laptop (and the disk too if I really want to
>> do anything with Satellite and capsules) is where I have problems. OpenShift
>> and OpenStack don't play well in small memory environments. :)
>>
>> Thanks for the pointers. I think I will get a NUC with an external USB
>> hard drive to start with.
>>
>> Kent
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 3:06 AM, Zachariah Gibbens <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I run Debian and KVM on my laptop from 2014, 64 bit AMD with 4GB of ram,
>>> so it has it's limits. It was $300 back then. Xen or XenServer can run
>>> inside Virtualbox (sadly KVM cannot, the VMX/SMV flags don't get passed to
>>> the guest, but nothing says you couldn't run KVM on the laptop hardware and
>>> still use it for the everyday too)E
>>>
>>> Everything I'm doing with Debian (at least pertaining to your goals)
>>> Should be doable with RHEL too. The entry point for running KVM is easier
>>> than it's ever been.
>>>
>>> On 08/06/2016 12:20 AM, Holland Griffis wrote:
>>>
>>> NUCs work fine. Lots of people using them for ESXi and KVM based home
>>> labs.
>>>
>>> On Friday, August 5, 2016, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I find myself in need of some hardware that can run KVM so I can
>>>> test/play with some tech here at home. Cost, noise and heat are concerns (I
>>>> know, I know, pick two....) so old real server class hardware isn't an
>>>> option. Anyone built a home lab out of intel NUCs, mini-itx based systems,
>>>> etc that work well? I will be running RHEL/RHEV on the hardware.
>>>>
>>>> Kent
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