6 Home Lab Experiments Worth Trying This Weekend
For a lot of us, the weekend is really when the home lab comes alive. It is often the perfect time to try something new, break something safely, and learn…
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This Free Tool Feels Like RVTools for Proxmox (And It’s CLI-Based)
If you are like me and have a long history with VMware environments, there is a good chance RVTools was one of your go-to utilities. It gives you the instant…
7 hidden Proxmox features buried in the admin guide Your Home Lab Needs
Like most hypervisors, some of the best features of Proxmox are not the obvious ones when you first start using it. Some features and capabilities are buried deep inside and…
The Proxmox 9 Feature That Finally Fixes NIC Renaming Problems
If you have run Linux servers for any length of time, there is a good chance you have been bitten by network interface renaming at some point. It usually happens…
The 7 Proxmox Commands I Use Constantly in My Home Lab
With all the great GUI platforms and third-party and community tools we have for Proxmox, you might think there would never be a need to visit the command line in…
Why Mini PC Clusters Are Taking Over Home Labs
My home lab has been morphing more the past couple of years than in all the time that I have had one up and running. There have been a crazy…
7 Network Settings I Always Configure on a New Proxmox Server
Many users when they first switch over to Proxmox, they have a tough time with the networking side of things or understanding what tasks are best to do when they…
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…
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…