NUC for a light shared development data server?
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Was wondering if anyone used a NUC or similar small factor desktop to run as a shared resource server for a software development group? Been running a vm off my computer, and ram (plus all the other stuff i do) is well past the point i should have moved of the database. Used some old kit in the past, core 2 some 8+ years old 4gb ram, and decided to look up what some small form factor PCs were like now. Some of the intel NUC stuff seems good for the price NUC7I5BNK £335 (gbp) Intel Nuc Slim Baby Canyon NUC7I5BNK Core I5- 7260U Barebone | Ebuyer.com[^] mostly for running a sql server (dev), with iis. Continues integration not needed (VSTS), but the RAM and cpu offload is the main things. Potentially could use one of the full rack servers that we phasing out, but in comparison thats cpu 5+ years old (4 cores 2.2ghz). The small form factor of the NUC seems nice to hide away near the developers. As to running sql server of each of our own system? Most of the work is on the software side, not database schema changes, so I have not seen any need to have individual instances. (Except for the dev that always has to have their own stuff, good forbid they actual do work then mess around reinventing the database schema every week) If shared, then clear to see what database changes. Small team - not expecting to explode (4-8) any time soon. Anyone using something similar?