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home lab
NAS vs Virtual SAN vs Ceph: What’s the Best Storage for Your Home Lab?
One of the critical design decisions that you have with a home lab is storage. There are many great options available. And, depending on a few things, like which hypervisor you use, you can choose…
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Backup Software
Nakivo Backup and Replication 6.2 Install Review
Nakivo Backup and Replication 6.2 released to the public! It is better than ever with better performance and reliability built…
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vSphere 6
Lost access to volume due to connectivity issues
Recently, I ran into an issue with a host where performance would tank from the client side. VM consoles and…
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vSphere 6
Can you Install VMware ESXi on 4kn Drives
The answer to the question posed in the post title is – yes you can INSTALL ESXi on 4kn drives.…
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Windows Server 2016
Prepare Active Directory Windows Server 2016 DC Adprep
With the RTM release of Windows Server 2016, many will be thinking about and looking to introduce a Windows Server…
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Networking
How to Upgrade Dell Nseries Firmware
A quick post on how to upgrade Dell Nseries Firmware and the process involved. What you will need is a…
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Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 RTM Installation and Configuration
Well, with Windows Server 2016 now RTM, many administrators are gearing up to start looking at installing their first WS2016…
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Networking
What happens Same IP Range different subnet mask
I had this question posed to me the other day and it is one of those curiosity questions that you…
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Networking
VIRL vs GNS3 vs Packet Tracer which one
Network simulators are a great resources for mocking up certain scenarios, learning, certifications, and plain old “what will happen if…
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ActiveDirectory
Nakivo 6.1 Backup and Restore Active Directory
In enterprise environments today, Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD or ADDS) is by far the most widely used authentication engine that…
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VMware
ESXTOP troubleshoot VM network connectivity
ESXTOP is one of the best all around troubleshooting tools in the toolbox of a VMware administrator and it is…
