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home lab
Best Home Lab Networking Architecture in 2025
One of the core aspects of any IT infrastructure is the network. The network is the center of how everything communicates, works, and it also forms the core of your security posture and how well…
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Mini PC & Server
Top 5 Mini PCs for Home Server in Early 2024
I have reviewed quite a few mini PCs over the past few months to have a pretty good idea of…
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XCP-ng
Migrate from VMware to XCP-ng: A vSphere Admin’s perspective
With all the uncertainty across the industry with the tectonic shakeup with VMware by Broadcom, many organizations may be looking…
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home lab
Home Server Stress Test Best Load Testing Tools
Recently, I have been reviewing a lot of mini PCs in the home lab and even transitioning some of my…
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Kubernetes
Best Linux Distro in 2024 for Kubernetes
Most are now running containerized environments with either Docker or Kubernetes. One of the challenges with self-hosted Kubernetes is managing…
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Linux
Fedora Silverblue Linux: Install Immutable Desktop Operating System
When it comes to Linux desktop operating systems, there is one that is quite interesting, Fedora Silverblue. It provides many…
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VMware
New VMware vSphere Foundation: Death of Perpetual Licenses
If you have been following the developments with the finalizing of the Broadcom buyout of VMware, you have seen there…
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Mini PC & Server
GMKtec M5 Mini PC Review as Home Server
I was contacted by GMKtec recently and asked to test out the GMktec M5 Mini PC. Keep in mind the…
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Kubernetes
Proxmox Kubernetes Install with Talos Linux
Just a couple of days ago, I posted a new post covering the installation of Talos Linux on VMware vSphere.…
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Kubernetes
Talos Linux Kubernetes VMware vSphere Installation
I am always looking for new Kubernetes installations to play around with and check out the viability for running Kubernetes…
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Windows Server 2025
Windows Server 2025 Preview Download and Install
The latest version of Microsoft Windows Server is coming along very nicely, as we can download and test it out…