How I Fixed Heat Buildup in My 10-Inch Mini Rack with a Simple Cooling Mod
One of the tradeoffs of running a dense mini rack full of compact systems is heat. When you stack multiple high performance mini PCs into a small enclosed rack, even…
PegaProx Now Adds Built-In ESXi Migration and Proxmox Backup Monitoring
I have been following a really great project called PegaProx for the last few months and it is rapidly evolving into one of the goto tools for Proxmox management with…
PVE Note Buddy Is a Smarter Way to Use Proxmox Notes in Your Home Lab
I have been on a documentation kick lately, especially since there seem to be so many great tools landing on the documentation side of things for Proxmox powered home labs.…
5 Home Lab VLAN Mistakes That Will Break Your Network in 2026
When it comes to home lab networks, introducing VLANs is absolutely one of those critical moves that will take your home lab to the next level and it is a…
5 Home Lab Hardware Projects Most People Keep Putting Off
When thinking about projects in the home lab, most of what I know my mind goes to is software projects and cool solutions that I want to implement that adds…
I Tested ProxPatch in My 5-Node Proxmox Cluster. Here’s What Happened
If you have been following along with what I have been up to in the home lab, you know that I recently built a 5-node Proxmox VE cluster running Ceph…
The Tools That Quietly Run My Home Lab Every Day in 2026
I have been through quite a transition with my home lab moving into 2026. Not just hardware. There has been a lot of changes on the hardware front, but in…
Proxmox Backup Server Settings I Wish I Knew Earlier
If you are getting into running Proxmox and backing up your Proxmox environment using Proxmox Backup Server, which is a great way to back up your Proxmox environment. It has…
A Small Change to My Proxmox Web UI Made It Feel More Modern
I am constantly on the lookout for projects that have that really “cool” factor to them. In the realm of Proxmox, there has been an explosion of open-source projects that…
This Made My Mini PC Home Lab Feel Enterprise Grade: Intel vPro with AMT
One of the things that I really missed about going away from enterprise grade servers is the out of band management they have by default. Dell has iDRAC, Supermicro has…
