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Proxmox Swap Tweaks Guide! Dedicated drive, Swappiness, Page Cluster
I have been doing quite a bit of testing with Proxmox swap and Intel Optane drives for ultra fast swap storage. In doing so have learned quite a bi…
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Articles
Best Terminal for DevOps Just Landed!
Just yesterday at the time of this writing, Warp terminal for Windows was released, rounding out support for all the major OS’es, including macOS a…
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Windows Server
Home Server Build 2025: Run Proxmox or VMware ESXi 16 Cores and 128GB RAM
I have been having fun building Proxmox servers with motherboards from Minisforum. I hadn’t really considered getting back into building servers as…
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Articles
Best Kubernetes Distributions for Home Lab Enthusiasts in 2025
Kubernetes is THE tool to learn for running containers. You can use it in the home lab, and certainly in production and cloud environments. If you …
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Articles
Optimize SSD and NVMe Storage for Virtualization in Your Home Lab
When building out your home lab, the storage layer is arguably one of the most important. Choosing the right storage solution is key to having a pl…
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Articles
Automating Your Home Lab with Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD Pipelines
There has never been a better time to automate your home lab with tools like Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. With the AI tools and help we…
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VMware
VMware Tools Vulnerability VMSA-2025-0005: What You Need to Know
In case you didn’t know, VMware released a new VMware security advisory noted in the VMSA-2025-0005 bulletin and notes the flaw: CVE-2025-22230. Th…
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Articles
Minisforum BD790i X3D Motherboard Review with AMD 7945HX3D and PCIe Gen 5
Minisforum sent over another very powerful motherboard they have just come out with, the Minisforum BD790i X3D. This board is really geared towards…
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Articles
TerraMaster F4-424 Max NAS Review for Home Lab
In my opinion, NAS devices are getting better and better with more powerful hardware and better software on top of them. I recently reviewed the Te…
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Articles
Configure TerraMaster Hyper Cache NAS SSD Caching
In working with the TerraMaster F4-424 Max, one of the features that I wanted to play around with was the SSD cache on this hybrid NAS. I installed…
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