5 Reasons Proxmox Is the Ultimate Home Lab Hypervisor in 2025
There has certainly been a major shift in virtualization technologies over the past year or so. So many have been fleeing VMware for other hypervisors. It seems like Proxmox has…
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5 Powerful but Cheap AI Workstations You Didn’t Know You Could Get (Perfect for Your Home Lab!)
I have really been looking at AI for the home lab and the hardware needed to run local language models (LLMs) successfully and in a speedy way. There is no…
5 Unexpected Ways to Use AI in Your Home Lab in 2025
AI has been one of the most revolutionary technologies that has come about in our lifetime. It is continuing to change the world around us as we know it and…
Install the New VMware ESXi Free Edition Custom ISOs and Limitations
So you may be like me and still wondering if this is some kind of parallel universe where Broadcom reversed their decision to pull the free VMware ESXi hypervisor. But…
How to Document Your Home Lab (The Right Way)
It is something that we all hate to do, I know I do. But, it is something that you will always be glad that you have – documentation. Even with…
Best Home File Server Storage Options in 2025
One of the most basic types of resources that most want to self-host is file storage. File storage in general includes anything and everything that you might need to keep…
Sync Pi-Hole Settings and Blocklists between Instances with Nebula Sync
If you were like me, when you saw the Gravity Sync project was archived and would have no future development, this was a bummer as I have relied on Gravity…
DNS Failover for the Home Lab and Why You Need It
We have all heard the very common expression, “it is always DNS”. We joke about this often, but very often DNS is at the heart of issues with connectivity. Incorrect…
Minisforum BD790i X3D Motherboard Review with AMD 7945HX3D and PCIe Gen 5
Minisforum sent over another very powerful motherboard they have just come out with, the Minisforum BD790i X3D. This board is really geared towards graphics performance and has the specs to…
Big Spring Home Lab Sale: Beats Pro, Mini PCs, 10 gig Network Switches, NVMe, Monitors, and more!
In case you haven’t heard, Amazon is having their Big Spring Sale starting today that is seeing huge discounts across the board for many of the items that we are…