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Networking
Wireshark 101: The 2025 Beginner’s Guide
If you are like me, when you manage networks, whether in the home lab or production environment, you probably use tools like ping, traceroute, netstat, etc. These are great tools and can help you diagnose…
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Virtualization
oVirt Install with GlusterFS Hyperconverged Single Node – Sort of
I haven’t really given oVirt a shot in the home lab environment to play around with another free and open-source…
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home lab
I am Creating a Disaster Recovery Site for My Home Lab
Most will say home labs are generally over the top, with server-grade hardware in server racks. And I think I…
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VMware
VMware Workstation Pro Free for Personal Use Download
Well, just when we thought that Broadcom was going to charge for everything and leave home lab enthusiasts and others…
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home lab
Running Dissimilar VMware Cluster on Mini PCs
As I have written about quite a bit lately, I have been pairing down the home lab environment from my…
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Proxmox
Proxmox Replication Configuration Beginners Guide
Proxmox has some really great disaster recovery tools built into the solution, without any add-ons needed or licensing. For instance,…
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Proxmox
Proxmox Subscription and Update Repositories Beginners Guide
As we take a further look at Proxmox and get familiar with the platform, we want to take a look…
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Proxmox
Proxmox Install Beginners Guide
Most IT admins are at least familiar with VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V in the enterprise. These have been staples…
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Computers
Proxmox Cluster for Home Lab: Do you need one?
As you get into a home lab, running a virtualization host is the route most take to start experimenting with…
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VMware
Cannot connect to host VMware storage Migration
In moving a lot of VMs around over the past couple of days trying to get my home lab resources…
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home lab
Shut Down Server Due to Heat: Consolidating My Home Lab
Here in the northern hemisphere, we are approaching the summer with rising temperatures and heat. In replying to a comment…
