# Oxide describes running unmodified rack software on a mini-PC

_Published Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 12:09 AM EDT · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Oxide says its Virtual Oxide Labs emulation system can run unmodified rack software on a single computer, allowing engineers to test networking configurations, switches and microcontrollers without a physical rack.

In a technical account, an Oxide Product Assurance team member describes running six virtual compute sleds on a mini-PC with a 32-thread AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX and 96GB RAM. Those sleds can represent one rack or two racks sharing a management plane. The setup requires Oxide Helios and a sufficiently fast NVMe drive.

## Sources

- [oxide.computer](https://oxide.computer/blog/voxel-labs)

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