Windows Server
Beelink Mini PC S12 Pro: Proxmox Home Server
The mini PC, characterized by its small form factor, is also becoming popular among enthusiasts and professionals doing office work. If you se…
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Best Open Source Log Management Tools in 2023
When monitoring, troubleshooting, and auditing in today’s IT infrastructure, logs provide the low-level messaging needed to trace down events ha…
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Beelink SER5 Mini PC: AMD Ryzen 7 Home Server
I 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…
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Self-hosted ChatGPT Chatbot UI in Docker
With the rising prominence of chatbots in various industries and applications, businesses and individuals are increasingly interested in creat…
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XCP-ng Beta New XO Lite Web Interface
XCP-NG is a great virtualization solution that keeps getting better. With each new release, Vates is adding functionality to the Xen Orchestra …
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Umbrel Personal Server OS for Privacy Conscious
Umbrel is an excellent option for a personal server operating system. These solutions are becoming increasingly popular as many are into self-ho…
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Netmaker: Automated Wireguard VPN You Can Self-host
With the hybrid workforce and hybrid networks spread across on-premises and cloud environments, network connectivity between devices and server…
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Mikrotik CRS310-8G+2S+IN Review: 2.5 Gigabit Switch For Home Lab
The 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.…
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Windows Server
RAID 5 vs RAID 6: Which one is the best for SSDs?
Using 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…
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5 Tips to Install ESXi on a Mini PC
I 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. …
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Windows Server
CasaOS: Best Home Server Operating System
When 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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Ansible vs Terraform: Best DevOps tool?
Ansible and Terraform are excellent DevOps tools that can provide many automation benefits in enterprise and cloud environments. Both of them …
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Kubectl get context: List Kubernetes cluster connections
kubectl , a command line tool, facilitates direct interaction with the Kubernetes API server. Its versatility spans various operations, from pr…
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Microk8s vs k3s: Lightweight Kubernetes distribution showdown
Especially if you are into running Kubernetes in the home lab, you may look for a lightweight Kubernetes distribution. Two distributions that s…
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Windows Server
Top 7 Netstat Commands you need to know
Netstat is a vital command-line tool utilized by network professionals, system administrators, and those keen to understand their network’s inner…
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