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Containers
Top Docker Performance Tweaks on Low-Power Hardware
There are two things that I highly recommend for modern home lab environments, Docker and low-power mini PCs. Docker provides a much more efficient way to run apps compared to running full virtual machines. Also,…
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Latest articles
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XCP-ng
Xen Orchestra 5.90 Released XCP-ng 8.30 and New XO Lite Features
Vates, the company behind Xen Orchestra and the new XO Lite managing XCP-ng the open-source version of the Citrix hypervisor,…
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Networking
Unifi Network Application 8: New Features and Enhancements
The latest release of the Unifi Network Application, version 8 has improved a lot of things for managing Unifi environments…
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Proxmox
Proxmox Networking for VMware vSphere admins
One of the challenges that we run into when we are more familiar with one vendor over another is the…
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Self hosted
FreshRSS Docker Compose Setup Guide Self-Hosted RSS Reader
I have been using FreshRSS more and more to aggregate news and other information sources out there for quick and…
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Networking
Alta Labs S24 PoE Switch Review
Recently, the great guys over at Alta Labs sent me one of their network switches, an Alta Labs S24-PoE, to…
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home lab
Synology Active Backup for Business – Best Home Server Backup
One thing you will want to do when you get to a certain stage of your home lab is to…
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Monitoring
Netdata VMware vSphere Monitoring Configuration
Netdata has come onto the scene as a very easy-to-configure and quick time-to-value monitoring solution. It is cloud-based, and you…
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Proxmox
Nested ESXi install in Proxmox: Step-by-Step
If you have a Proxmox VE server in your home lab or production environment and want to play around with…
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home lab
Top Home Lab Mistakes to Avoid
Mistakes when it comes to home labs are inevitable. In fact, I have learned over the years they are simply…
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home lab
How to Enable Proxmox Nested Virtualization
You may or may not have heard about nested virtualization. However, nested virtualization is a great way to set up…
