Minisforum MS-01 Review: Best Home Server Mini PC Early 2024
I was excited when I first saw the teaser of the Minisforum MS-01 mini PC. For a long while, I have been waiting for mini PCs to progress to the…
Tag: home server
Nutanix Community Edition for Home Lab
With the massive uncertainty regarding VMware vSphere, there are a lot of home labbers out there who are looking at alternatives to VMware vSphere. These may be looking at open-source…
Best Home Server Virtualization Projects in 2024
As we get more into 2024, if you are looking at virtualization projects and labs to get started learning, there are many great learning projects you can spin up on…
Firewalla Gold SE Review for Home Lab
I was recently sent one of the new Firewalla Gold SE devices to test out in the home lab. However, other than the unit being sent to me for my…
LXC vs Docker: Pros and Cons Explained
When we start talking about running containers in the home lab or production, two types of containers usually come up in conversation for running services: LXC containers and Docker containers.…
Proxmox HA Cluster Configuration for Virtual Machines
If you are learning the Proxmox hypervisor or want high-availability cluster resources for learning and self-hosting services with some resiliency, building a cluster is not too difficult. Also, you can…
E Cores vs P Cores in Home Servers
If you are thinking about a new mini PC for your home lab server and want to go the Intel CPU route, there are some considerations to be made when…
CephFS Configuration in Proxmox Step-by-Step
Since working with Ceph in Proxmox VE lately, one of the cool features that I wanted to try out was Proxmox CephFS, which allows you to work with your Ceph…
Top Home Server Ideas for 2024: Projects to Start
You can simply use your home lab to run a media server, file server, or other home-oriented services. However, you can also use it as a great learning tool. In…
TrueNAS vs Synology: Best Network Attached Storage
I have been testing a lot lately with TrueNAS Scale as I decided to install it on bare-metal on an older Supermicro from which I had migrated my VMware vSphere…