Home lab
Choose compact systems for labs, routing, and virtualization
Home lab buyers care about CPU headroom, RAM ceiling, LAN, storage, power draw, and whether the system can stay reliable under always-on workloads.
Selection guide
What this buyer needs to decide
Use this page to translate a deployment scenario into product families, specs, support requirements, and a next action.
Recommended models
Start with Lab X1 for networking and virtualization, then compare Core M3 Plus when stronger CPU performance matters.
- Dual LAN positioning.
- No OS and Ubuntu paths.
- Storage and RAM ceiling.
Decision factors
The page should help technical buyers self-qualify quickly.
- CPU class.
- RAM and storage expansion.
- Network ports.
- Thermal behavior.
Next step
Move from scenario to model selection
Once the scenario is clear, the user should open Compare Models or contact sales for project-specific recommendations.