home server
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Proxmox
High-Availability (HA) Proxmox Clusters: Do’s & Don’ts
One of the most powerful features of running a virtualization cluster is being able to have high availability features that are built into the solution. High availability features allow you to run virtual machines in a way that makes them…
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Networking
How I Use VLANs to Isolate Docker and Proxmox Services (+ Free Worksheet)
One of the core disciplines in networking that you will want to learn is segmentation. We can benefit from segmentation even in the home lab environment. You can treat your network at home much like you would a production environment.…
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Networking
Wireshark 101: The 2025 Beginner’s Guide
If you are like me, when you manage networks, whether in the home lab or production environment, you probably use tools like ping, traceroute, netstat, etc. These are great tools and can help you diagnose simple network problems very quickly.…
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Self hosted
CoreControl Is the New Self-Hosted Dashboard Built for Home Labs
Keeping visibility into your home lab over self-hosted services is a critical task. Let’s look at a new home lab dashboard called CoreControl that provides a free open-source dashboard that is a great solution in the home lab. What is…
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Containers
Docker Rollout: Zero-Downtime Deployments for Docker Compose Made Simple
Have you worked with Docker compose and ever wanted to have a proper blue/green deployment for making sure your services stay up and running when you update them? We have all experienced going down for a few seconds or a…
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Self hosted
OmniTools: A Swiss Army Knife of Self-Hosted Utilities
I love really cool self-hosted tools that allow you to have total control over the solution and helps to avoid “free” online services that are riddled with ads, telemetry data and other undesirables. I want to introduce you to OmniTools…
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Mini PC & Server
Beelink ME Mini NAS Review: Ultra-Compact Storage with 24TB Potential
This is a NAS device that really intrigued me as it is one of the coolest small form factor NAS devices I have seen. It packs some pretty serious performance for its size and can run something like TrueNAS as…
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Proxmox
ProxMenux Might Be the Best Proxmox Management Tool You’re Not Using
I caught wind a few weeks back of a new tool that I know I hadn’t heard about as of yet. It is called ProxMenux and after 5 minutes of using it, I knew that it is probably the best…
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Proxmox
How to Enable GPU Passthrough to LXC Containers in Proxmox
I have been playing around lately with the GPU passthrough functionality in Proxmox and looking at the best ways to run AI workloads in Proxmox. Virtual machine passthrough is a great way to run something like Ollama. However, I wanted…
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AI
Still Worth It? Running AI Workloads on a GTX 1060 in 2025
If you are wanting to get into running AI models on your local workstation or home lab server, you may assume that you need to have the latest video card or a video card that costs hundreds if not upwards…
