Unifi Network Application 8: New Features and Enhancements
The latest release of the Unifi Network Application, version 8 has improved a lot of things for managing Unifi environments in the application for Unifi OS, especially those with many…
Month: December 2023
Proxmox Networking for VMware vSphere admins
One of the challenges that we run into when we are more familiar with one vendor over another is the difference in the technologies, how they work for customers, what…
FreshRSS Docker Compose Setup Guide Self-Hosted RSS Reader
I have been using FreshRSS more and more to aggregate news and other information sources out there for quick and easy consumption to get to the details quickly. FreshRSS is…
Alta Labs S24 PoE Switch Review
Recently, the great guys over at Alta Labs sent me one of their network switches, an Alta Labs S24-PoE, to take a look at and give my feedback. This is…
Synology Active Backup for Business – Best Home Server Backup
One thing you will want to do when you get to a certain stage of your home lab is to have backups and an overall backup strategy for DR to…
Netdata VMware vSphere Monitoring Configuration
Netdata has come onto the scene as a very easy-to-configure and quick time-to-value monitoring solution. It is cloud-based, and you can easily use it to monitor endpoints on-premises, including virtualization…
Nested ESXi install in Proxmox: Step-by-Step
If you have a Proxmox VE server in your home lab or production environment and want to play around with VMware ESXi, you can easily do that with Proxmox nested…
Top Home Lab Mistakes to Avoid
Mistakes when it comes to home labs are inevitable. In fact, I have learned over the years they are simply part of the learning experience. Testing things out or trying…
How to Enable Proxmox Nested Virtualization
You may or may not have heard about nested virtualization. However, nested virtualization is a great way to set up virtualization labs and other learning environments. Nested virtualization in Proxmox…
What is VMware vSAN Max? Download Now
VMware is the leader in virtualization in the enterprise. It has released VMware vSAN Max as the latest addition to their vSAN product lineup. vSAN Max is a hyperconverged infrastructure…