Aug - 31st

Living With Proxmox

Posted at 10:29 am | Filed Under homalab

My Proxmox VE 9.0 upgrade went smoothly, I ran the following command from a shell: apt update; apt upgrade;pve8to9 Then, updated my /etc/apt/sources.list to point to “Trixie” repositories, then ran: apt dist-upgrade to run the upgrade process. Admittedly, I’m not running Ceph or Proxmox Backup server, it’s definitely worth checking out the update documentation at […]

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Aug - 15th

Proxmox 9.0 released

Posted at 10:32 am | Filed Under journal

Proxmox VE 9.0 is out, and it brings a solid set of updates. Built on Debian 13 “Trixie” with Linux kernel 6.14.8, it improves hardware support and overall performance. Core Updates The virtualization stack includes: QEMU 10.0.2 for better VM performance LXC 6.0.4 for improved container stability ZFS 2.3.3 with RAID-Z expansion Ceph Squid 19.2.3 […]

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Jan - 30th

Thinkpad Homelab Upgrades

Posted at 6:46 am | Filed Under blog

You can spend a lot of money building a homelab that competes with small office networks. Or, you can do what I did and build a network of cast-off, unwanted hardware. A thrift-store Synology NAS, “parts-only” Thinkpad laptop with a cracked screen and broken keyboard, and a $5 goodwill router, flashed with OpenWRT forms the […]

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May - 11th

Homelab Maintenance

Posted at 4:27 pm | Filed Under blog

I work out of my home office full-time. I spend a lot of time here, and so I’m used to the way things look – and sound. I was on a video call this week when something felt off. I took off my headphones and heard it. clunk. clunk. One of the drives in my […]

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Jul - 3rd

A great tiny homelab server – with multiple expansion options!

Posted at 4:23 pm | Filed Under blog

I’ve been looking for low-power, small footprint homelab servers; servethehome.com’s YouTube channel has a great comparison of “tinyminimicro” servers – ultra-small form factor (USFF) desktops that make great mini servers. I’ve run into problems with USFF servers only supporting 16GB of memory – it’s why I paid less for a desktop form factor server that […]

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Jun - 25th

Upgrading to Proxmox VE 8

Posted at 5:51 pm | Filed Under blog

I’ve used Proxmox for two years in a homelab that serves as a sandbox for work projects, a testbed Active Directory network, and running home automation tools. It combines the familiarity of F/OSS tools like Debian Linux, QEMU, and KVM, with a graphical interface that makes managing virtual servers easy – with a community supported, free […]

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May - 25th

Proxmox helper scripts

Posted at 6:05 pm | Filed Under blog

I use Proxmox as the basis for my homelab. Proxmox is an open source bare-metal hypervisor with support for a wide array of hardware (if Linux runs on it, it’ll probably run Proxmox…) Proxmox offers many enterprise-level features, like clustering, backup, advanced networking, certificate management, application support and support for ZFS, NFS and CIFS shares. […]

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