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HomelabPosted on2022-07-182025-12-16

Homelab Revamp 2022 – Part 5 – Node #3

My VSAN stretched cluster (2-node) has been running for some time and in general I am very happy with it, so I decided to invest…

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HomelabPosted on2022-06-262025-12-16

TBW in a RAID5 vSphere Datastore

As I needed to update the SSD firmware on all my disks during my homelab revamp I also read the TBW values from my Samsung…

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HomelabPosted on2022-06-262025-12-16

Homelab Revamp 2022 – Part 4 – Build, Configure, Learn

So I am running the 2-node VSAN cluster for about 3 months now. Time to wrap up what I learned building, configuring and running it.…

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HomelabPosted on2022-05-172025-12-16

Homelab Revamp 2022 – Part 3 – The BOM

Sorry, took a while for this next edition of my Homelab Revamp series. Check out the previous articles to learn about my motivation and starting…

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HomelabPosted on2022-04-032025-12-16

Homelab Revamp 2022 – Part 2 – The Plan

I showed you my starting point in a previous article, so I know want to present my plan to revamp my lab. To tackle the…

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HomelabPosted on2022-03-222025-12-16

Homelab Revamp 2022 – Part 1 – Starting point

When you run a homelab you might know the situation. You have your lab running but you stumble upon new cool things, you notice some…

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AutomationPosted on2021-11-092025-12-16

Building a Windows Server 2022 OVA with Packer (Updated)

As promised in my previous post about enabling SSH as a communicator on Windows in the automated Packer build I am now releasing this automated…

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AutomationPosted on2021-11-052025-12-16

Packer: Build Windows with SSH communicator

Hashicorp’s Packer allows you to build VM images automatically from code based on a fresh installation of the OS. This is something I use to…

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HomelabPosted on2021-06-212025-12-16

All-Flash NAS Project

I am currently in the midst of building an all-flash NAS and want to put some of my thoughts down for you guys and maybe…

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Veeam Backup & ReplicationPosted on2021-03-102025-12-16

Restore Veeam plug-in backups from object storage in DR case

Setting the stage With Veeam Backup & Replication v11 you now can offload Veeam Enterprise Plug-In backups (SAP HANA, Oracle RMAN or Oracle SAP Backint)…

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