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home lab
Sync Pi-Hole Settings and Blocklists between Instances with Nebula Sync
If you were like me, when you saw the Gravity Sync project was archived and would have no future development, this was a bummer as I have relied on Gravity sync for quite some time now to sync Pi-Hole instances.…
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DNS Failover for the Home Lab and Why You Need It
We have all heard the very common expression, “it is always DNS”. We joke about this often, but very often DNS is at the heart of issues with connectivity. Incorrect DNS records, reverse lookups, or just overall DNS connectivity issues…
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Minisforum BD790i X3D Motherboard Review with AMD 7945HX3D and PCIe Gen 5
Minisforum sent over another very powerful motherboard they have just come out with, the Minisforum BD790i X3D. This board is really geared towards graphics performance and has the specs to help prove that it is well suited for this use…
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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. With the AI tools and help we have today and all the resources on available on the web, automation is…
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Core Performance Boost Setting: Speed vs Power Consumption in Home Lab
I have built up a couple of Ryzen 9 7945HX home server builds over the past few weeks and have experimented a bit with the BIOS settings and things that ones may be interested in for home lab purposes. There…
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GoldenMate 1000VA UPS Review with LiFePO4: Never Need to Replace Battery!
I don’t write a lot about UPS units that are out there. A UPS is not something that is usually that sexy to talk about or even gets people’s attention most of the time. However, the GoldenMate 1000VA 800W UPS…
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AMD Strix Halo Coming for Home Lab Mini PCs
If you are like me, you are keen on following the trends and new hardware releases coming out that can potentially be beneficial to the home lab environment. With home labs, most look for efficient hardware that can be used…
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Home Lab Hardware I’m Most Excited About in 2025
As we are now near to the last month in the first quarter of 2025, there are many developments that I am excited about when it comes to home lab hardware. It seems like there are more powerful hardware options…
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Minisforum BD795i SE Motherboard Review for Home Lab
Minisforum is a name that is synonymous with home labs. They have one of the best mini PCs available for home lab use in the Minisforum MS-01 mini PC. I also predict we will be saying that about its successor,…
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Mini PCs with 128 GB RAM: New Home Lab Era!
I think we are seeing a new era evolve in front of our eyes with the introduction by Crucial of the new 128 GB RAM kit that is now out at most of the major retailers. Never before have we…
