Consumer vs Enterprise SSDs in the Home Lab: I Benchmarked Both in Ceph
A lot of questions on types of hardware come up when ones are building a home lab server or home lab cluster that are definitely worth asking. Recently I had…
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7 Tools I Always Install on Every New Home Lab Linux Server
There is always a set of tools that most of us become familiar with and rely on when it comes to different types of operating systems or platforms. I am…
5 Docker Features Most Home Labbers Are Not Using (But Should Be)
Docker is one of the most popular tools not only in the home lab, but in production environments that lets you run services quickly and easily. If you are like…
How I Fixed Heat Buildup in My 10-Inch Mini Rack with a Simple Cooling Mod
One of the tradeoffs of running a dense mini rack full of compact systems is heat. When you stack multiple high performance mini PCs into a small enclosed rack, even…
5 Home Lab Hardware Projects Most People Keep Putting Off
When thinking about projects in the home lab, most of what I know my mind goes to is software projects and cool solutions that I want to implement that adds…
I Tested ProxPatch in My 5-Node Proxmox Cluster. Here’s What Happened
If you have been following along with what I have been up to in the home lab, you know that I recently built a 5-node Proxmox VE cluster running Ceph…
The Tools That Quietly Run My Home Lab Every Day in 2026
I have been through quite a transition with my home lab moving into 2026. Not just hardware. There has been a lot of changes on the hardware front, but in…
Proxmox Backup Server Settings I Wish I Knew Earlier
If you are getting into running Proxmox and backing up your Proxmox environment using Proxmox Backup Server, which is a great way to back up your Proxmox environment. It has…
This Made My Mini PC Home Lab Feel Enterprise Grade: Intel vPro with AMT
One of the things that I really missed about going away from enterprise grade servers is the out of band management they have by default. Dell has iDRAC, Supermicro has…
5 Unexpected Ways to Save Power in Your Home Lab (Without Killing Performance)
Over the last few years my home lab has diminished in the footprint of the servers I have used to run my home lab workloads. For several years, I ran…