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          • 18.1 Unifi Adopt Fehler
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          • 18.3 – Topology mit neuen Switchen beeinflussen – Priority
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          • 16.3 Metriken loggen mit Prometheus und Grafana
          • 16.4 PRTG – The Windows Way
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        • Stufe 7 – 10Gbit
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The Smallest Home Lab That Still Feels Like a Real Datacenter / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 22/01/2026 by Cappu

How to build a small home lab datacenter that feels real, using minimal hardware, shared storage, VLANs, automation, and real world design principles.

Source: The Smallest Home Lab That Still Feels Like a Real Datacenter

Categories: HomeLab, Proxmox

Can this JetKVM CLONE compare to the Original? Luckfox PicoKVM Review / YouTube apalrd’s adventures

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Cappu

apalrd’s adventures

Categories: Hersteller, HomeLab

New CHEAP 10GbE NICs and Switches 10Gbase-T for 2026 / YouTube ServeTheHome

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Cappu

ServeTheHome

Categories: Hersteller, HomeLab

Docker on Proxmox LXC – The Better Way (2026 Updated Guide) / YouTube Simple-Homelab

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Cappu

Simple-Homelab

Categories: Container, HomeLab, Proxmox

UGREEN + Proxmox: LEDs statt Lightshow – echtes Status-Monitoring / YouTube IT an der Bar

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Cappu
Categories: Hersteller, HomeLab, Observability, Proxmox, Tools und Werkzeuge

Dockhand Deep Dive: The NEW Docker Management Tool Explained / YouTube DBTech

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Cappu
Categories: Container, HomeLab, Tools und Werkzeuge

OPNSense Monitoring with Prometheus, Alloy and Grafana / YouTube Christian Lempa

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Cappu
Categories: HomeLab, Observability, Tools und Werkzeuge

I Ran Proxmox Datacenter Manager for a Month: What It’s Actually Good At / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Cappu

Ran Proxmox Datacenter Manager for 30 days to see how it handles centralized lifecycle management, multi-cluster visibility, and long-term Proxmox operations.

Source: I Ran Proxmox Datacenter Manager for a Month: What It’s Actually Good At

Categories: HomeLab, Proxmox, Tools und Werkzeuge

I Don’t Miss vCenter After Moving My Home Lab to Proxmox (Here’s Why) / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 21/01/2026 by Cappu

Why I moved my home lab from VMware with vCenter to Proxmox, what I expected to miss, and what actually worked better for virtualization and containers.

Source: I Don’t Miss vCenter After Moving My Home Lab to Proxmox (Here’s Why)

Categories: Hersteller, HomeLab, Proxmox, VMware

Turning a “Free” Laptop into a Home Server! (2026) / YouTube Tech By Matt

Posted on 19/01/202619/01/2026 by Cappu

Tech By Matt

Categories: Hersteller, HomeLab, Hypervisor, Opensource, Tools und Werkzeuge

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