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Proxmox
Proxmox Update No Subscription Repository Configuration
If you are delving into running Proxmox VE for your home lab or other use cases and are coming from other hypervisors you may have been playing around with, like me, you may struggle a bit with some of the…
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Software Defined Storage
Free Virtual SAN Storage Software with StarWind
In your home lab environment or production use cases, you may need shared storage for virtualization, scale-out repositories, high availability, hyperconverged infrastructure, and other use cases – free Virtual SAN storage software. You may run various vendor-specific environments like VMware…
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vSAN
VMware vSAN Direct configuration and requirements
VMware continues to evolve the VMware vSAN solution, giving organizations even more storage options with their VMware vSAN configurations in a vSAN cluster. One of those options is the VMware vSAN direct capability as part of the vSAN data persistence…
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vSAN
vSAN Witness Appliance Deployment
One of the powerful deployments of VMware vSAN is the vSAN stretched cluster configuration. With vSAN stretched cluster, the vSAN data nodes have a vSAN stretched cluster datastore between them, making your data highly available at both locations or fault…
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vRealize Suite
VMware vRealize Automation 8.9 Released New Features with Kubernetes Automation
Automation is king today in the enterprise data center to get things done consistently, quickly, and in a way that can be versioned. New application development is a growing trend in the enterprise as organizations adopt and use new modern…
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Backup Software
5 reasons why you need an offsite data backup
It is not something businesses like to think about – disasters, requiring organizations to recover data. However, losing critical files in the data center is an event that requires businesses to think about keeping their data safe, no matter what…
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home lab
NVMe server for vSAN virtual machines
Just a few years ago, an NVMe server would have been a premium to have either in the enterprise or at home. However, with the availability of NVMe drives and many different options for storage solutions now including NVMe drives,…
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NSX
VMware NSX-T 4.0.0.1 has a new name and new features!
In case you missed the announcement a few days back, the latest release of VMware NSX-T has landed with new features and functionality and also a new name for VMware NSX-T. Let’s take a look at the new version of…
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VMware
ESXi Change Hostname with GUI and Command Line
When it comes to the day-to-day management of VMware ESXi hosts, there are many activities a VI admin may need to carry out with ESXi hosts in the environment. While changing the hostname of an ESXi host in the environment…
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Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022 Essentials Edition Download and Pricing
Windows Server 2022 is Microsoft’s newest operating system with many different options for business environments. When it comes to Microsoft Windows Server 2022 editions, there are many to choose from. Microsoft Server 2022 Essentials edition is a specialized version of…