Today I look at 2 (or 3 depending on how you count them) UPS systems from Tripp Lite and Eaton. These UPS devices couldn’t be any different but they are awesome nonetheless. Each has it’s own uni...

I’ve been on a quest looking for a new server rack for my HomeLab in my home. I’ve outgrown my current 18u open frame rack and decided to give a 32u Sysracks Enclosed Rack a try! Join me as we pu...

My Storinator server from 45Drives is great, except for 1 thing. It’s a little loud for my home. It would be fine if it were in a data center or a real network closet, however this is in my basem...

Committing secrets to your Git Repo can expose information like passwords, access tokens, and other types of sensitive information. Some might think that committing secrets to a private Git Repo i...

Check out my new server! It’s an Storinator AV15 from 45 Drives loaded with lots of great upgrades! Will it be my new high performance storage server and replace TrueNAS? Will it be my new hype...

Every Home Labber and IT person has their go to set of tools and accessories to help them accomplish tasks for technical projects in their HomeLab. This ranges from the very specialized, to the co...

Traefik, cert-manager, Cloudflare, and Let’s Encrypt are a winning combination when it comes to securing your services with certificates in Kubernetes. Today, we’ll install and configure Traefik, ...

YouTube sent a package. I have a feeling I know what it is, but we’ll all find out live! 📺 Watch Video Find all of my server gear here! https://kit.co/TechnoTim/techno-tim-homelab-and-server-r...

Grafana and Prometheus are a powerful monitoring solution. It allows you to visualize, query, and alert metrics no matter where they are stored. Today, we’ll install and configure Prometheus and ...

After deciding to upgrade my “old” 24 PoE switch to a new 48 port PoE switch with 4 SFP+ ports, I decided to check to see if my old house with old Cat5e network wiring will work at 10 gigabit speed...