home server
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Software Defined Storage
Ceph Dashboard Configuration for Storage Health Metrics
If you are using Ceph storage either in Proxmox or using Ceph storage in vanilla Linux outside of Proxmox, you likely want to have a way to see the health of your Ceph storage environment. Setting up a Ceph dashboard…
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Mini PC & Server
NUC 14 Pro Review: Best NUC for Home Lab?
Well, as home lab enthusiasts we are always on the quest for finding the perfect new hardware that fits our needs. The name “NUC” has been synonymous with mini PCs for years now, and it is generally the name that…
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Mini PC & Server
GMKtec NUCBOX M7 Pro Review: Great for Gaming and Home Lab
GMKtec graciously sent over a NUCBOX M7 Pro unit for me to take a look at, and needless to say, the specs for this little mini PC are impressive in what it is capable of. However, as all reviews I…
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home lab
NetBox Docker Compose Install Example
The NetBox solution is a great tool that can allow you to document and have a single source of truth for your network and infrastructure. Network and infrastructure engineers can use it as the starting point for driving automation and…
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home lab
Enable CPU C States for Massive Power Savings for your Home Server
I have been deep-diving lately into helpful suggestions, configurations, and settings that help to lower the power bill in a home lab or edge environment with server hardware or even mini PCs running as servers. I want to shed light…
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Proxmox
Low Power Server with Powertop & Proxmox
If you are like me and using mini PCs for home lab servers as your main workload servers, you are likely doing this for power efficiency reasons. I have gone from true enterprise servers in the home lab down to…
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Storage
How to Update TerraMaster NAS TOS 6 Operating System
If you are running a TerraMaster TOS-powered NAS device (I am now running the TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus unit), you will likely need to update the TOS operating system on your Terramaster when updates come along. I wanted to show…
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Mini PC & Server
Beelink Sei14 Mini PC Review as a Home Lab Server with Intel Arc
Beelink kindly sent over a Beelink Sei14 Mini PC for me to review. Of course I do reviews a little bit differently than most when it comes to Mini PCs. The first thing I do is take out the NVMe…
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home lab
How to upgrade the Minisforum MS-01 BIOS
If you are running the Minisforum MS-01 in your home lab as a home server, if you are like me, you may have bought one of the first ones that came out right around the first of this year in…
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home lab
Minisforum MS-A1 Giveaway! Comment and Subscribe to win
Recently, I posted a post about the perfect home lab environment. Also, in conjunction with this post, the latest video for my channel focuses on this configuration and also I partnered with Minisforum for a Minisforum MS-A1 giveaway. Mini PCs…
