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StorageBrandon LeeSeptember 29, 20232 634
RAID 5 vs RAID 6: Which one is the best for SSDs?
Using a single “hard drive” is bad when it comes to the availability of your data. If you lose that single hard drive and have no backup, you have no means to recover it. Combining…
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September 28, 2023
Mikrotik CRS310-8G+2S+IN Review: 2.5 Gigabit Switch For Home Lab
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September 27, 2023
Netmaker: Automated Wireguard VPN You Can Self-host
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September 26, 2023
TrueNAS Scale Setup: First 5 Steps
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September 25, 2023
Graylog Docker Compose Setup: An Open Source Syslog Server for Home Labs
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home labBrandon Lee1 day ago0 728
Best DNS Server you can Self-Host in 2023
Choosing a DNS Server for your home network or home lab environment is crucial to performance and security. There are…
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SecurityBrandon LeeOctober 23, 20230 684
Raspberry Pi Firewall Command Line Configuration Step-by-Step
Raspberry Pi OS is an extremely popular self-hosting platform many use for running services. Let’s set the tone for Raspberry…
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October 19, 2023
Suricata vs Snort: Which is the best IDS?
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October 16, 2023
Security Onion Install: Awesome Open Source Security for Home Lab
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October 5, 2023
Wazuh Open Source SIEM: XDR for Enterprise and Home Lab
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August 12, 2023
How should you secure your home wireless network for teleworking
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ContainersBrandon LeeDecember 14, 20200 11,930
Install Docker in Windows Server 2019
Want to play around with Windows Server Docker Containers? This is easy to do with only a few steps on…
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AutomationBrandon Lee1 week ago0 509
Install Terraform DevOps Beginners Guide
Getting started with DevOps is a great way to introduce yourself to the more modern way of controlling infrastructure as…
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July 25, 2023
PowerShell Get Registry Value
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July 21, 2023
Enter-PSsession: Run PowerShell Remote Commands
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April 12, 2023
Ansible Software Patching for Beginners
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Software Defined StorageBrandon LeeJanuary 24, 20230 385
Hyper-V Virtual SAN synchronization with StarWind Virtual SAN
The StarWind Virtual SAN solution is one of the easiest ways to run software-defined virtual SAN in Hyper-V. It has…
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January 16, 2023
Free Virtual Storage Appliance StarWind SAN & NAS new features
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August 22, 2022
Free Virtual SAN Storage Software with StarWind
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May 4, 2022
Hyperconverged Infrastructure Trends in 2022
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March 15, 2022
Upgrading outdated hardware with StarWind HCA appliance
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Self hostedBrandon Lee4 weeks ago5 11,227
TrueNAS vs Synology: Best Network Attached Storage
I have been testing a lot lately with TrueNAS Scale as I decided to install it on bare-metal on an…
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October 25, 2023
Jellyfin vs Plex: Best Self-hosted Media Server
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October 24, 2023
Best Pihole Adlists in 2023
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October 18, 2023
Best Self-hosted Apps in 2023
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October 11, 2023
Tautulli Plex Media Server Monitoring and Statistics
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Windows Server 2025Brandon LeeSeptember 19, 20232 25,371
Windows Server 2025: Initial Glimpse with New Domain Functional Level
With the release of the latest vNext Preview, which are previews of new server operating systems and even new features…
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April 8, 2023
Fix WinRM Negotiate Authentication Error
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April 3, 2023
Tiny11 OS – A Small Windows 11 Install
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April 2, 2023
RDP An Internal Error Has Occurred Fix and workarounds
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Windows Server 2016Brandon LeeNovember 10, 20200 1,988
Windows Server 2016 Install Remote Desktop Services
This year has been a year like none other with organizations scrambling to bolster their remote work infrastructure. It has…
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December 14, 2017
Windows Server 2016 Security Features and Hardening
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July 5, 2017
Add iSCSI Shared Storage in Windows Server 2016
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May 22, 2017
When to use Windows Server 2016 ReFS
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May 16, 2017
Install and Configure Windows Server 2016 WSUS
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Windows Server 2019Brandon LeeJanuary 20, 20210 5,448
Windows Server 2019 Core Install Active Directory
Windows Server Core has been around since Windows Server 2008. It has not been the most popular way however to…
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December 2, 2020
Create a USB Drive for Windows Server 2019 Installation
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October 13, 2020
Reset 120 day RDS Grace period on 2016 and 2019
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August 1, 2020
LetsEncrypt Windows Server 2019 Configuration
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July 20, 2020
VMware Windows Server 2019 Template Best Practices
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Windows Server 2022Brandon LeeSeptember 1, 20226 45,157
Install Docker on Windows Server 2022
Most organizations are looking at running containers in their organization. However, much of what you read about containers revolves around…
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August 25, 2022
Windows Server 2022 backup and restore
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August 4, 2022
Windows Server 2022 Essentials Edition Download and Pricing
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March 3, 2022
Cloud Storage Windows Server 2022 and Azure File Sync
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VMwareBrandon Lee2 weeks ago0 632
Broadcom VMware Buyout: 5 Things to do Now
I know many are thinking these days, what is the future for VMware? It is a great company, and I…
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October 20, 2023
VMware Storage: Top 15 Tips in 2023
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August 23, 2023
VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 2 New Features and Download
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August 22, 2023
VMware Explore 2023 Announcements List
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vSphere 7Brandon LeeJuly 13, 20220 2,869
What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f
Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new…
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February 2, 2022
New vCenter Server 7 Update 3c Pre-Update Check Problematic hosts
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January 28, 2022
VMware vSphere 7 Update 3c Released New Features
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September 29, 2021
SD Card and USB boot no longer supported in ESXi easy migration to SSD
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September 29, 2021
vSphere 7 Update 3 Released with new features
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VirtualizationBrandon Lee2 weeks ago3 14,334
Is Microsoft Hyper-V Dead?
Microsoft Hyper-V is Microsoft’s answer to the world of virtualization. In my opinion, Hyper-V has always been behind the curve…
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4 weeks ago
Top 5 VMware Alternatives in 2023
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September 5, 2023
XCP-ng Beta New XO Lite Web Interface
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July 14, 2023
ESXTOP commands: The Ultimate Guide
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ESXi on ARMBrandon LeeOctober 22, 20200 2,972
Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm
One of the exciting things in the home lab as of late is the ESXi-ARM fling that I have installed…
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October 13, 2020
Install ESXi-Arm Step by Step on Raspberry Pi 4
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November 9, 2018
VMware vSphere ESXi on Raspberry Pi ARM Processors
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Horizon ViewBrandon LeeDecember 3, 20210 7,223
Upgrade VMware Horizon 7.x Connection Servers to Horizon 8 2111
VMware Horizon 8 2111 is hot off the press from VMware and no doubt organizations are looking at a maintenance…
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November 30, 2021
VMware Horizon 8 2111 Released New Features
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August 3, 2021
VMware Horizon Client Error Couldn’t Connect to Server
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January 8, 2021
VMware Horizon 2012 Released with New Features
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December 30, 2020
VMware Horizon UAG OKTA RADIUS configuration
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CloudBrandon LeeNovember 3, 20220 551
Microsoft 365 security and backup with Hornetsecurity
To the topic of Microsoft 365 security, many businesses are leveraging the cloud’s power for the modern hybrid workforce. One…
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June 11, 2019
Spinbackup Multi-Cloud SaaS Backup Adds Microsoft Azure
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January 3, 2019
Office 2019 vs Office 365 Differences and Installation
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NetworkingBrandon Lee20 hours ago0 91
Alta Labs AP6 Pro Wireless Access Point Review
I have seen Alta Labs information, YouTube videos, and blog posts increasing in visibility over the past year or so.…
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September 11, 2023
ZeroTier Download and Install: Connect Devices Together from Anywhere
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August 15, 2023
Top 7 Netstat Commands you need to know
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August 4, 2023
EnGenius Access Point Review: Cloud-managed Wireless
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NSX-TBrandon LeeMarch 4, 20220 3,339
Identity Based Firewall configuration with NSX-T and vSphere
For years now, organizations have based application access and access to resources and files on identity. Typically, this is based…
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March 2, 2022
vSphere NSX-T installation and configuration
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December 9, 2021
VMware NSX-T 3.2 Released New Features
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June 21, 2021
Avi Load Balancer VMware Standalone Install
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November 16, 2020
VMware Announces Modern Network Framework Updates