NetAlertX Self-Hosted Network Monitoring for Home Labs
Knowing what is on your network is a huge part of network security. We can document devices and other aspects of the network. However, what if a device appears on…
Author: Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
TeamCity CI CD: Why Developers Are Choosing it for Modern DevOps Pipelines
I have played around with a lot of CI/CD tools in the past few years now. However, a new one to me that I have not played around with was…
10 Ways to Transition from IT admin to DevOps Engineer
In what I would call the second half of my professional career I have been making the transition from a traditional server administrator, virtualization engineer, IT specialist to a DevOps…
KubeSolo New Kubernetes Edge Distro by Portainer
When I saw Neil Cresswell’s (Portainer’s CEO) post on LinkedIn about a new Kubernetes distribution that was about to be released by Portainer, this got my attention. The new distro,…
Getting Started with Proxmox VE E-book Download
With so many now looking at spinning up Proxmox in the home lab and even the enterprise, NAKIVO is offering a really great resource in a free e-book for download…
Best Low Power Mini PC for Proxmox? Geekom A5 2025 Edition Review
I recently got my hands on the Geekom A5 2025 edition mini PC and I was excited to try this one as it had “low-power” written all over it with…
DeepSeek R1-0528 Released: Open-Source AI Model Rivals GPT-4 and Gemini
DeepSeek has set the world buzzing again as it is gaining recognition as a powerful, open-source large language model (LLM) that challenges models from the major tech players. In their…
5 AI Tools for Kubernetes that will 10X your Home Lab!
Kubernetes is the defacto standard in running containers in a way that is highly available and scalable. There are many other solutions out there, like running multiple Docker hosts, Docker…
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…
Daily Tech Deals May 27 2025 – Cheap NVMe!
If you are looking for great deals on cheap NVMe storage for your home lab, gaming computer, creator machine, or something else, here are three drives that are super cheap…