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Category: home lab

Minisforum MS-A1 Giveaway! Comment and Subscribe to win
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Minisforum MS-A1 Giveaway! Comment and Subscribe to win

Recently, I posted a post about the perfect home lab environment. Also, in conjunction with this post, the latest video for my channel focuses on this configuration and also I…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 6, 2024September 6, 2024
Perfect Home Lab 2024: MS-01s, NVMe Memory Tiering, and NVMe NAS
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Perfect Home Lab 2024: MS-01s, NVMe Memory Tiering, and NVMe NAS

I think I may have found my perfect solution for home lab at least at this time. I now have two MS-01s in a cluster configuration, with NVMe memory tiering…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 4, 2024September 4, 2024
Top 10 Home Lab Tools I Use in 2024
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Top 10 Home Lab Tools I Use in 2024

When it comes to running my home lab, there are a few tools that span across hardware and software that I use. When I sat down to think about exactly…

by Brandon LeeJuly 8, 2024July 12, 2024
I am Creating a Disaster Recovery Site for My Home Lab
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I am Creating a Disaster Recovery Site for My Home Lab

Most will say home labs are generally over the top, with server-grade hardware in server racks. And I think I agree for the most part. However, most of us do…

by Brandon LeeMay 16, 2024May 16, 2024
Running Dissimilar VMware Cluster on Mini PCs
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Running Dissimilar VMware Cluster on Mini PCs

As I have written about quite a bit lately, I have been pairing down the home lab environment from my older Supermicro servers to mini PCs that I have been…

by Brandon LeeMay 13, 2024May 13, 2024
Shut Down Server Due to Heat: Consolidating My Home Lab
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Shut Down Server Due to Heat: Consolidating My Home Lab

Here in the northern hemisphere, we are approaching the summer with rising temperatures and heat. In replying to a comment on a blog post for the Minisforum MS-01 and talking…

by Brandon LeeMay 2, 2024May 2, 2024
Best Server for Home Lab is Changing in 2024
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Best Server for Home Lab is Changing in 2024

Things are changing if you look around at what everyone is looking at for running home labs and a dedicated server. There are several reasons for this. It is a…

by Brandon LeeApril 26, 2024April 26, 2024
Home Server Build or Buy?
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Home Server Build or Buy?

Many are looking at possibly spinning up a home lab in 2024. There is a lot of benefits to doing that for learning, labbing, and just having fun. It is…

by Brandon LeeApril 19, 2024April 19, 2024
Home Lab Nested Virtualization E-book Download
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Home Lab Nested Virtualization E-book Download

Nested virtualization is one of the most underutilized tools in home labs in my honest opinion. It is a tool and technology that allows you to have what you need…

by Brandon LeeApril 3, 2024April 3, 2024
Automate Home Lab Server Updates with GitLab CI CD
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Automate Home Lab Server Updates with GitLab CI CD

I recently wrote a blog post about replacing traditional Windows scheduled tasks with a CI/CD pipeline and the automation it provides. There are so many advantages to running something like…

by Brandon LeeMarch 14, 2024March 14, 2024

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