Deskpi’s RackMate T2 brings 10″ mini-rack power to the homelab crowd, blending compact design with serious hardware flexibility. Mini racks are having a moment, especially in the homelab scene. Driven…
From VMware to Proxmox VE: A Step-by-Step Escape Plan
…many enterprise and homelab users have been looking for solutions to seamlessly migrate from its hypervisor platform to another. VMware’s rising software licensing and support costs have generated significant demand…
How To: Proxmox VE Lenovo Nano Cluster
…We now have a single node cluster running off our first node. The next step is to add a second node to our cluster. Proxmox streamlined adding more nodes to…
Docker Swarm Install on a Thin Client
As someone who doesn’t have a very large budget to spend on my homelab, the HP t730 thin client is actually perfect for homelab use. Lucky for me I was…
Simplifying Ceph: Deploying OSNexus QuantaStor Community Edition in Your Homelab
The OSNexus QuantaStor Community Edition allows usage with minimal limitations with support for up to four nodes at 80TB per node. OSNexus has rolled out a new community edition of…
How to Get Started with Ansible
…multiple hosts simultaneously. It is also important to keep in mind that Ansible is not only used in homelab environments, but it is also very popular in corporate environments, which…
Budget Proxmox Server for Homelabs
When it comes to learning or building out components for a homelab, the trash heap of tech known as eBay or NewEgg refurbs is a thing of greatness. Last year,…
How To: Raspberry Pi as a vSAN Witness
…be “1”. Only one of the drives should have IsCapacityFlash “1”, this is the drive assigned by us to be the Capacity storage for the witness node. To allow vSAN…
Home Lab Deep Dive: Choosing & Buying Servers
…Low Noise Low heat Medium Expense (options range) for multi-node No remote management Expandability options are limited Maxes out at 32GB RAM (64GB unofficial) SuperMicro SuperServer 5028D-TN4T Medium Size /…
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