home server
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Mini PC & Server
Mini ITX PC Build Guide for 2025
Mini ITX motherboards I would say are gaining popularity even though they have been a favorite for a while now with PC builders who want to build very small, compact systems. I think in 2025, there have never been better…
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home lab
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
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…
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Proxmox
Proxmox Swap Tweaks Guide! Dedicated drive, Swappiness, Page Cluster
I have been doing quite a bit of testing with Proxmox swap and Intel Optane drives for ultra fast swap storage. In doing so have learned quite a bit about configuring your Proxmox swap drive to use dedicated storage, tweak…
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home lab
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX BIOS Settings: Power Consumption and Bifurcation
I have recently put together a Proxmox Home Lab Server build for 2025 and as the core of the build, I used the Minisforum BD795M motherboard. This motherboard has the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX processor installed from Minisforum. You do…
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home lab
Should You Build or Buy a Home Server in 2025?
There are za lot of reasons to either build or buy a home server in 2025. In this post, I want to discuss the options, the pros and cons, and also which approach you might want to choose depending on…
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Kubernetes
Install Microk8s: Ultimate Beginners Configuration Guide
Microk8s is one of the coolest small Kubernetes distros you can play around with and it is not just for playing around, it is actually built for running production workloads in the cloud. But, it can also serve as the…
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home lab
Use Intel Optane SSD: Cheat your System Memory for Proxmox or VMware
I have done a lot of experimenting with my vExpert-provided Intel Optane 280 GB drives as a caching tier in front of my vSAN OSA configuration. However, since I have gone with mini PCs there is just not enough room…
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home lab
Best Home Lab Networking Architecture in 2025
One of the core aspects of any IT infrastructure is the network. The network is the center of how everything communicates, works, and it also forms the core of your security posture and how well your apps perform. This is…
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Containers
Build Your Own Arpwatch Docker Container to Watch Your Network
If you are looking for a solution to monitor Ethernet address changes in your network, arp monitoring is a great way to do this. ARP or address resolution protocol is the protocol that sends out an arp request. there is…
