• NetworkingUnifi network application 8

    Unifi Network Application 8: New Features and Enhancements

    The latest release of the Unifi Network Application, version 8, marks a significant advancement in the realm of manageability in the Unifi Network application. In this update, Unifi has improved a lot of things for managing Unifi environments in the…

  • ProxmoxProxmox networking for vsphere admins

    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 they are called, and how to configure them. On the…

  • Self hostedFreshrss docker compose configuration

    FreshRSS Docker Compose Setup Guide Self-Hosted RSS Reader

    I have been using RS 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 a popular favorite for a simple and easy RSS feed…

  • NetworkingAlta labs s24 poe

    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 not a paid post or review, so my thoughts are…

  • home labSynology active backup

    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 reduce risk. Backups help you recreate configurations and important data…

  • MonitoringNetdata vmware monitoring

    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 and hypervisor environments like VMware vSphere. Table of contentsWhat is…

  • ProxmoxVmware esxi on proxmox

    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 virtualization. Let’s look at the steps required for a nested…

  • home labHome lab mistakes

    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 things that break can lead to some important discoveries in…

  • home labProxmox nested virtualization

    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 is fairly easy to configure. With the Proxmox hypervisor, you…

  • VMwareVsan to the max

    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 (HCI) solution providing maximum performance, scalability, and flexibility for modern…