Monitoring Home Power Consumption for less than $25
On almost a daily basis, I am bombarded with ads on Facebook for the Sense. This device allows you to monitor whole-home power consumption. I could probably find room for such a device
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Fully embracing Docker
For years, I've used a variety of services on my home server. Much of it revolved around managing media. Only recently have I adopted Docker, and now I wonder why I have not
Abusing the QNAP TS-831x with ZFS
Lately for my business, I've been recommending the QNAP TS-831x to clients. As I have a few of them sitting around my lab now, I decided to abuse them a little. In the
Migrating the lab BACK to ESXi after a Proxmox Experiment
A few months ago I migrated my home lab to Proxmox. After fighting with a few things, it's time to move back to ESXi. It must have been about two months ago that
Proxmox and Ceph for the NucNucNuc
In the latest incarnation of the NucNucNuc, I get Proxmox and Ceph installed The idea of Ceph is very attractive. Distributed storage eliminates a huge concern of mine, which is being forced to
VPN Routing and pfSense, piecemeal style
While VPNs are nice for hiding your Internet browsing habits, they do have some downsides. They can introduce latency into your connections and when you have a Gigabit Fiber connection, they can severely