Keepalived: High Availability for self-hosted services
If you are self-hosting services in your home lab or using Linux servers in production, providing redundancy for your self-hosted services is important. If you have a host go down…
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.
Umbrel Personal Server OS for Privacy Conscious
Umbrel is an excellent option for a personal server operating system. These solutions are becoming increasingly popular as many are into self-hosting and running a home server or lab network.…
Beelink EQ12 Pro: Cheap Home Server with 8 Cores and 32 GB RAM
Beelink’s EQ12 Pro might be a great option if you are looking for a cheap home server solution. It has 8 CPU cores and is power efficient, making it even…
XCP-ng Beta New XO Lite Web Interface
XCP-NG is a great virtualization solution that keeps getting better. With each new release, Vates is adding functionality to the Xen Orchestra platform and a new Xen Orchestra “Lite” web…
DietPi: Tiny OS for Home Server Self-hosting
For home labbers and others running small board computer systems like Raspberry Pi board computers, there is a tiny operating system you may not have heard about. It is called…
Beelink Mini PC S12 Pro: Proxmox Home Server
The mini PC, characterized by its small form factor, is also becoming popular among enthusiasts and professionals doing office work. If you search on the web, there are many options…
CasaOS: Best Home Server Operating System
When setting up a home server and wanting to run a few critical services at home built on top of Docker, many may get intimidated by the technical requirements to…
Synology Logging: Easily View Synology NAS Logs
If you are running a Synology NAS in your environment, logging helps monitor activities, troubleshoot, and ensure optimal operation. Synology Logging is found throughout a Synology NAS system. Administrators can…
5 Tips to Install ESXi on a Mini PC
I have been having a lot of fun lately playing around with various Mini PCs in the home lab and finding options for running various hypervisors. I currently run VMware…
Intel N100 4 Cores: Can This Little CPU run VMs?
Recently, I wrote up a post covering the GMKtek G2 Nucbox with an Intel N100 CPU. I mentioned in the post that it could do “light virtualization.” Can this little…