With the release of the latest vNext Preview, which are previews of new server operating systems and even new features of current versions, we …
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Read moreThe home lab server has gained significant traction among IT professionals, enthusiasts, and even small businesses. A home lab serves as a sand…
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Read moreWhen monitoring, troubleshooting, and auditing in today’s IT infrastructure, logs provide the low-level messaging needed to trace down events ha…
Read moreI have been testing and trying out a lot of Mini PCs in the lab environment and quite a few Beelink PCs. Beelink is producing really great sma…
Read moreWith the rising prominence of chatbots in various industries and applications, businesses and individuals are increasingly interested in creat…
Read moreXCP-NG is a great virtualization solution that keeps getting better. With each new release, Vates is adding functionality to the Xen Orchestra …
Read moreUmbrel is an excellent option for a personal server operating system. These solutions are becoming increasingly popular as many are into self-ho…
Read moreWith the hybrid workforce and hybrid networks spread across on-premises and cloud environments, network connectivity between devices and server…
Read moreThe 2.5-gigabit switch market is set to really heat up in late 2023 and 2024 with so many cheap switches and network adapters now running at 2.…
Read moreUsing a single “hard drive” is bad when it comes to the availability of your data. If you lose that single hard drive and have no backup, you h…
Read moreI have been having a lot of fun lately playing around with various Mini PCs in the home lab and finding options for running various hypervisors. …
Read moreWhen setting up a home server and wanting to run a few critical services at home built on top of Docker, many may get intimidated by the techni…
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