Great home lab specific deals that you might want to take advantage of today. There are a couple of great options that could be used as Kubernetes nodes for your home lab, including the HP Pro Mini for 17% off, the Beelink Mini PC, Mini S13 PRO for 26% off, the Vilros Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit MAX for 10% off, the ORICO 4TB NVMe SSD PCIe 4.0 for 20% off, and the FX991 M.2 SSD 4TB NVMe for 22% off.

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1. HP Pro Mini 260 G9 MFF Business Desktop Computer, Intel 5-Core Pentium Processor (Beat i3-1215U), 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, BT 5.3, RJ45, Type-C, HDMI, DisplayPort, Windows 11 Pro, AZ-XUT - 17% off

• https://amzn.to/43NHt1r

These little nodes are very popular as Kubernetes nodes for running workloads in the home lab. Many home labbers that I have seen have used these little business desktop computers for home lab workloads. This is a decent deal at 17% off.

2. Beelink Mini PC, Mini S13 PRO Intel 13th N150(Up to 3.6GHz), 16GB DDR4 500GB SSD, Computer Support 4K Dual HDMI Display/WiFi6/BT5.2/USB3.2/WOL Home/Office - 26% off

• https://amzn.to/4j4GSxd

It is hard to beat these little Beelink Mini PCs as a Kubernetes node as they sport the N150 up to 3.67 GHz, 16 GB of RAM and 500GB SSD. If you have 3 of these, you can easily spin up a bare metal cluster or run something like Proxmox on top of these and then run your Kubernetes host VMs.

3. Vilros Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit MAX - Turbo Cooled Aluminum - (128GB Edition) - (2GB RAM) - 10% off

• https://amzn.to/4jeptlJ

If you want to get into an ARM-based lab, there is currently a deal on the Vilros Raspberry Pi 5 starter kit with a 2GB unit for 10% off today. These would make great little Kubernetes nodes.

3. ORICO 4TB NVMe SSD PCIe 4.0- Up to 7400MB/s, M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0X4 Internal Solid State Drive, Fast Heat Dissipation, Compatible with macOS Windows for Gamers and Creators-e7400 - 20% off

• https://amzn.to/4jMxLkT

There are many vendors that have seen deals running on their 4 TB NVMe drives. The Orico 4TB units are a brand that I have seen others use with good success, the reviews look good as well. These are 20% off today. This would be a great upgrade if you are looking at more NVMe storage space.

4. FX991 M.2 SSD 4TB NVMe SSD M2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4, Read Up to 7300MB/s, Internal Solid State Drive for PS5 Laptop Desktop 3D QLC NAND - 22% off

• https://amzn.to/3RdosxZ

This drive is currently 22% off, edging out the Orico drives, and is 4TB in size. This drive looks to be