I’m Documenting My Entire Home Lab as Code with RackPeek
As you know if you have read my blog posts over the course of the past several months, I have been writing a lot about home lab documentation. Keeping things…
Tag: home server
5 Proxmox Management Tools I Use in My Home Lab in 2026
If you are running Proxmox in your home lab in 2026, you already know something. The hypervisor is one of the best out there and arguably I think it is…
What I’d Do (and Avoid) If I Were Building a Home Lab in 2026
Building your first home lab is an exciting adventure and an extremely addictive and rewarding hobby, that not only is fun, but also teaches you skills that you can apply…
Managing Multiple Proxmox Clusters Gets Messy When You Want Smarter Placement
When you start out with Proxmox, it usually begins with a single cluster that feels clean and manageable, with the expected handful of nodes. You have shared storage, the familiar…
This Proxmox Backup Gap Can Wipe Out Your Home Lab
There is a good chance that if you are running Proxmox VE Server in your home lab today, you feel pretty good about your backup solution. Most are running Proxmox…
Proxmox Cluster Operations Every Home Labber Hopes They Never Need (Until They Do)
If you are running a Proxmox cluster, and likely you are if you are running more than one host, there are certain tasks that you quietly hope you don’t have…
ClusterShell for Proxmox VE is How I Manage Every Host in My Home Lab at Once
If you are working with more than a single Proxmox VE Server host, you are probably already thinking in terms of cluster management. Storage is also probably clustered. Your networking…
I Bought a 10 Gig Switch to Fix My Proxmox Ceph Cluster and It Changed Everything
As you all know if you have been keeping up with my home lab adventures as of late, I have been heavily diving into Proxmox VE Server and Ceph software-defined…
Best Automation Projects You Can Build for Proxmox in a Home Lab in 2026
Proxmox has definitely become one of the most popular platforms for home labs, arguably THE most popular. That momentum doesn’t look to be slowing down in 2026. In fact, I…
The Easiest Performance Upgrades You Can Make in Your Home Lab in 2026
With all the gloom and doom on pricing of hardware and components at the beginning of 2026, upgrading can be painful and expensive. However, there are a few “low hanging…