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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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Latest articles
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home lab
Big Spring Home Lab Sale: Beats Pro, Mini PCs, 10 gig Network Switches, NVMe, Monitors, and more!
In case you haven’t heard, Amazon is having their Big Spring Sale starting today that is seeing huge discounts across…
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VMware
Broadcom Locking VMware Updates to Require Download Token for Site ID
Well, more tightening with VMware by Broadcom. Broadcom has announced major changes to the way VIAdmins are getting updates in…
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Mini PC & Server
5 Mini PC Trends in 2025 and Beyond
There is no question that mini PCs are becoming the dominant force in home labs, home office spaces, and those…
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home lab
How I Deployed a Self-Hosting Stack with Docker Swarm & MicroCeph
I have been on a journey to try out various self-hosting stacks in the home lab and one of the…
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home lab
Automating Your Home Lab with Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD Pipelines
There has never been a better time to automate your home lab with tools like Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.…
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home lab
Optimize SSD and NVMe Storage for Virtualization in Your Home Lab
When building out your home lab, the storage layer is arguably one of the most important. Choosing the right storage…
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Kubernetes
Best Kubernetes Distributions for Home Lab Enthusiasts in 2025
Kubernetes is THE tool to learn for running containers. You can use it in the home lab, and certainly in…
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Kubernetes
Can You Run a Kubernetes Cluster on a Mini PC?
By in large, most are running home labs on mini PCs these days. They are just so powerful, cheap, and…
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Proxmox
StarWind V2V Converter: Convert VMware to Proxmox and New CLI
If you haven’t downloaded StarWind V2V in a while, there has been a major series of updates to the tool…
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home lab
Add NVMe slots to your Proxmox Server with Hardware and Bifurcation Mods!
So I have been doing all kinds of modding and strategizing on my Proxmox server and trying different things on…
