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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by dimgl on Friday November 01, 2024 @08:15PM (#42022927)
I've been thinking about getting a Mac mini as a small server box due to how powerful it is.
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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by lostlogin on Friday November 01, 2024 @08:56PM (#42023147)
What would you be running on it?

I’d like a few VMs for a media server and the associated apps. Pihole too ideally, but I keep that separate as that VM going bad is never good.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by thejazzman on Friday November 01, 2024 @10:41PM (#42023669)
It's my plex server and nas (m1). I've abandoned all the complicated complications and just have an 8 bay thunderbolt enclosure full of drives (JBOD)

And pg server. And a few web sites server. And something running in orb stack.

It's the 8gb model and I have around 2gb free most of the time

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by bscphil on Saturday November 02, 2024 @12:02AM (#42023981)
What enclosure do you have? Do you like it?
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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by thejazzman on Saturday November 02, 2024 @01:04AM (#42024176)
Owc thunderbay 8

I like it in every way except price. It just works, comes back online after a power outage, etc. I don't recall any unscheduled disconnects.

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Additional thoughts: I think there are complaints about the fan being loud so I swapped it out when I first got it. I also have it in my basement so I don't hear anything anyway -- HDDs are loud, especially the gold ones

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by alsetmusic on Saturday November 02, 2024 @06:51PM (#42029805)
Not who you asked, but I have the OWC Express 4M2 [0]. Four M.2 chips RAIDed in a thunderbolt chassis. Fast as can be. I absolutely love it.

[0] https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/express-4m2

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