Articles
Ceph Backup: Don’t Lose Your HCI Data
This is more a public service announcement rather than a technical blog, but we will take a high-level look at a warning that I want to make sure t…
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Windows Server
Install Windows Server 2025 on Proxmox
With the Windows Server 2025 Preview release available, I know many are trying out Windows Server 2025 across their environments, including home la…
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Articles
Proxmox Agentless Backups with NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11
NAKIVO is definitely a backup solution that I have been watching and working with in the home lab and in production now for a few years. They have …
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Articles
Raspberry Pi Wayland Kiosk for Home Lab Dashboard
In looking for upgrades to my home lab, one of the things that I wanted to implement was a kiosk type dashboard that rotated between different moni…
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Articles
Try Microceph for an Easy Ceph Install
One of the software-defined storage solutions gaining popularity in the enterprise and home lab community is Ceph. Ceph is a powerful storage solut…
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Articles
Docker Swarm is Awesome with Portainer
I have been revisiting how I have been running containers in my home lab. While Kubernetes is awesome, and I continue to run various deployments of…
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Articles
Commvault Cloud Rewind Restores Cloud Data AND Infrastructure
If you are like me, the news of ransomware attacks across the world seem to be on the increase with news headlines breaking it seems like almost ev…
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Articles
GlusterFS vs Ceph: Two Different Storage Solutions with Pros and Cons
I have been trying out various storage solutions in my home lab environment over the past couple of months or so. Two that I have been extensively …
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Articles
Docker Prune Automating Cleanup Across Multiple Container Hosts
If you run many Docker hosts or multiple hosts in a Swarm cluster, if you are updating and respinning your containers (and you should be), you will…
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VMware
Configuring Kubernetes High Availability with Microk8s
If you are looking for an easy way to have a Kubernetes High Availability cluster for your API server and control plane, Microk8s makes this very e…
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Windows 10
Microsoft Azure Local: New Azure Stack HCI Replacement!
Lots of news coming out of Microsoft Ignite 2024. Microsoft has announced a new offering, Azure Local which is a new solution that is taking the pl…
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