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home lab
10 Docker Projects You Can Build in a Weekend and Actually Use!
Do yourself a favor and get accustomed to project-based learning. This is my philosophy to the most effective learning you can do. A home lab is a great way to do this. AND, getting into…
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VMware
VMware Workstation 17.6 Pro Released: New Features and Harder Upgrade
If you are running VMware Workstation 17.x, the latest release, VMware Workstation 17.6 Pro, has dropped with new features to…
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home lab
Perfect Home Lab 2024: MS-01s, NVMe Memory Tiering, and NVMe NAS
I think I may have found my perfect solution for home lab at least at this time. I now have…
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VMware
How to Run VMmark 4 to Benchmark Your Virtual Environment and Home Lab!
I have been intrigued with benchmarking recently, with several projects, both personally and professionally, in the data center and the…
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Storage
Powervault ME5024 Configuration Step by Step
I recently got my hands on a Dell Powervault ME5024 storage array with flash storage, two controllers, and 25 GbE…
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AI
LM Studio with Phi 3.5 on Snapdragon X Elite No NPU support yet
I upgraded from my Surface Laptop 4 to a Surface Pro 11 with the Snapdragon X Elite processor and have…
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VMware
VMware Cloud Foundation 9 New Features Accounced
Big news coming from VMware at VMware Explore 2024. They have unveiled VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9. There are many…
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Storage
Terramaster F8 SSD Plus Review: All Flash NAS with NVMe
I was graciously sent a review unit of the soon to be released (September 2024) Terramaster F8 SSD Plus All…
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VMware
Shrink the size of vCenter Server VCSA appliance
If you have upgraded a VCSA appliance between versions, if you are like me, you have noticed the size of…
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Networking
Dell S5224F-ON 25 gig Switch iSCSI Configuration
Recently, I got my hands on a pair of Dell S5224f-on 25 gig switches. These were to be used for…
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VMware
How to Remove an Inaccessible Datastore in VMware
There are a lot of times when I am working in the home lab and removing things and adding things,…