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Hardware

Physical hardware builds and upgrades, covering custom ESXi servers, NAS storage expansions, and M.2 NVMe SSD installations.

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Hardware

NAS3 SSD Upgrade

This week NAS3 got a storage upgrade from 128GB SSD's to 500GB SSDs. NAS3 is my SSD NAS which is used for hosting virtual machines.

Karl Nyen
Top view of the installed motherboard, expansion cards and CPU cooler

Hardware

New ESXi Server Build - VMH02 Replacement

This build was originally meant to be a remote ESXi server for my parents place, but I've ended up liking this new build so much I'm going to have to keep it…

Karl Nyen
Front view of the SubPac S1 attached to the chair back

Hardware

SubPac S1 Tactile Bass Systems Review

As some may know I am a bit of a bass freak / audiophile. My car's sound system is a great example of this. Music in general is a very influential and…

Karl Nyen
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Home Lab

Home lab architecture and hardware builds, including Unraid storage servers, network switches, Untangle firewalls, and power management.

18 posts

General

Site updates, industry announcements, and general IT topics spanning infrastructure, networking, and web technology.

17 posts

Virtualization

Virtualization techniques covering nested ESXi configurations, virtual firewall architecture, and Cisco Nexus 1000v migrations.

11 posts

Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs for CentOS, ESXi SNMP monitoring, Windows Server DHCP failover, Untangle SSL certificates and vSphere switch migrations.