Turned An M920Q Into A NAS: A Homelab Storage Transformation Guide 1. Introduction For DevOps engineers and sysadmins running homelabs, the eternal challenge is balancing storage capacity, power e...

I Made Friends With My Local E-Waste Guy And Mentioned That I Wanted To Start A Homelab Introduction The blinking lights of decommissioned enterprise hardware have a peculiar allure for infrastru...

Hi I’m An RTX 3050 In An Ancient 1U Dell R620: Welcome To Jackass Introduction The phrase “Hi I’m an RTX 3050 in an ancient 1U Dell R620: Welcome to Jackass” perfectly encapsulates the chaotic in...

These Two SSDs Share The Exact Same Model Number But The Chip Layout Looks Completely Different Introduction In the world of infrastructure management and system administration, consistency is ki...

Supermarket Giant Tesco Sues VMware: How Lack of Support Could Disrupt Critical Infrastructure INTRODUCTION The recent lawsuit filed by Tesco against VMware and Computacenter highlights a critica...

What Does Your Server Need To Do Yes Introduction The modern homelab/server environment has evolved into a multi-purpose Swiss Army knife - a reality perfectly encapsulated in the Reddit user’s f...

In What Way Does A Vendor Think This Is An Acceptable Way To Ship Hard Drives INTRODUCTION A Reddit user recently shared a disturbing photo of a $2,700 NAS drive shipment arriving in nothing more...

Boss Being Let Go Soon Should I Give Him A Heads Up: A DevOps Perspective on Continuity Planning Introduction The scenario presented in the Reddit post reveals a critical infrastructure managemen...

I Forgot To Put The: A DevOps Cautionary Tale About Infrastructure Management 1. Introduction That sinking feeling when your terminal cursor blinks innocently after you’ve just executed: rm -rf ....

Finally Finished My Minilab: A DevOps Journey in Infrastructure Optimization 1. Introduction Completing a homelab project represents a rite of passage for system administrators and DevOps enginee...