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Author: Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
Daily Tech Deals

Daily Tech Deals February 19 2025

Below are a few daily tech deals take note of. We are all on the lookout for good tech at reasonable prices. The Samsung EVO 990 Pro drives have been…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 19, 2025February 20, 2025
Proxmox Swap Tweaks Guide! Dedicated drive, Swappiness, Page Cluster
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Proxmox Swap Tweaks Guide! Dedicated drive, Swappiness, Page Cluster

I have been doing quite a bit of testing with Proxmox swap and Intel Optane drives for ultra fast swap storage. In doing so have learned quite a bit about…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 19, 2025February 19, 2025
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Daily Tech Deals February 18 2025

Below are a few daily tech deals take note of. We are all on the lookout for good tech at reasonable prices. The Minisforum BD795M motherboard with the AMD Ryzen…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 18, 2025February 20, 2025
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX BIOS Settings: Power Consumption and Bifurcation
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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX BIOS Settings: Power Consumption and Bifurcation

I have recently put together a Proxmox Home Lab Server build for 2025 and as the core of the build, I used the Minisforum BD795M motherboard. This motherboard has the…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 18, 2025February 18, 2025
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Daily Tech Deals February 17 2025

Below are a few daily tech deals take note of. We are all on the lookout for good tech at reasonable prices. The Samsung 990 Pro with and without the…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 17, 2025February 20, 2025
Should You Build or Buy a Home Server in 2025?
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Should You Build or Buy a Home Server in 2025?

There are za lot of reasons to either build or buy a home server in 2025. In this post, I want to discuss the options, the pros and cons, and…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025
vCenter Server on Proxmox: So Wrong Yet So Fun!
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vCenter Server on Proxmox: So Wrong Yet So Fun!

I have been having so much fun playing around with Proxmox, migrating virtual machines, and running various tests and scenarios in the home lab. I have been doing lots of…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 14, 2025February 14, 2025
5 Proxmox Pooled Storage Options and How to Configure them
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5 Proxmox Pooled Storage Options and How to Configure them

Proxmox has many healthy options for storage that allow you to to solve many challenges and run your business critical workloads or home lab environments in a way that is…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 13, 2025February 13, 2025
Thin Provision your NVMe drive in Proxmox VE Server
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Thin Provision your NVMe drive in Proxmox VE Server

Most likely one of the first types of storage you will work with in a home lab server running Proxmox is a locally attached NVMe drive in a mini PC…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 12, 2025February 12, 2025
Migrate VMware to Proxmox Using Veeam for Free
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Migrate VMware to Proxmox Using Veeam for Free

You know many think about pay for enterprise tools as something they just can’t use because they don’t have a subscription or they want to use only free and open…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 11, 2025February 11, 2025

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