# Building a Low Power, All-in-One, Silent Server

DevFeed: [Building a Low Power, All-in-One, Silent Server](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-a-low-power-all-in-one-silent-server-10597.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/low-power-efficient-server/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2023-04-08T15:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [Proxmox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/proxmox.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virtualization.md>), [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>), [x86](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/x86.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Portainer](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/portainer.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>)

Tags: [4k](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/4k.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpu.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [low-power](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/low-power.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [portainer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/portainer.md>), [proxmox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxmox.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>), [ubuntu-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu-server.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtualization.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents a low-power, fanless Protectli server configured for homelab use. It describes using the system for Proxmox virtualization, routing, storage, Ubuntu and Docker workloads, Windows, desktop use, and Plex hardware transcoding.

## Source excerpt

What if I told you that this little machine is the perfect Proxmox Virtualization server? And what if I told you I crammed an intel core i5, 64 GB of RAM, a 1 TB NVMe SSD, another 1TB SSD all in this tiny little box that's dead silent without any fans? And what if I told you it can run Proxmox Virtual Server, host a pfsense router, runTrueNAS with a TB of storage, run Ubuntu server with Porta...