HOME LAB RENEWAL - PT 6
Having a big family means making sacrifices. I had my own closet in the house to run my noisy server. It paired nicely with the wiring drop for all the wires in the
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HOME LAB RENEWAL - PT 4
So, Linux VMs imported fine - this is good. There was some wonkiness with the network adapters as HyperV names them different, so I had to adjust the netplans to match the new
HOME LAB RENEWAL - PT 3
A long time ago, I came upon some 8TB WD USB3 drives. They serve a decent purpose in my ghetto fabulous compute server - they were the data drives for all the joy
Reverse Proxy & Home Internet
I really love my network at home and the small network I've built over the past few years up in the cloud. It's gone through a number of machinations to suit my needs,
My Favorite Way to Host
When in doubt - host it yourself. Unless you don't know how, then let Cloudron help you.
Part 6 - Hyper-V
In Windows 2012, the concept of the private cloud is finally at your fingertips. Long gone are the half baked, half delivered features of Windows Server that promised ‘virtualization.’ VMWare had Microsoft and
The State of Storage in 2012
There is a great article in Information Week this week about the 2012 State of Storage [http://bit.ly/wAy04n] that I wanted to comment on. If you don’t have a subscription,
More Tools for 2012
In addendum to my previous toolset count – I’ve decided that this year, I’m going to invest in a few more tools to make life grand. All of these are ostentatiously to
2012 - The Year of the Cloud
It may come as no surprise to anyone that I do in fact, heart the cloud. Having spent the passed few weeks reading the most excellent book ‘The Big Switch’ and generally reveling
Texas Road Side History? There's an App for That!
Have you ever wondered what that historical marker says that you just passed while driving down the road? Well, there’s an app for that, if you live in Texas. * WP7 Fanboys –Open
Where the Cloud Meets the Road
It occurs to me that a lot of gesticulation has been going on about the cloud over the past few quarters: is it good for business, is it secure, will it really reduce
The Coming Multi-Cloud
Okay, the name ‘multi-cloud’ probably won’t pass muster with the marketing types, but I am very excited to posit on the near future of what a combined public/private cloud will look