Tag: homelab
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Orange Pi 4 Pro 12 GB: a quiet arm64 test farm for apps and containers
A practical review of the Orange Pi 4 Pro with 12 GB of LPDDR5 as a homelab test farm: the A733's big and little cores, NVMe and PoE, a Docker-based CI and preview-environment setup with a diagram, thermals and power, building a custom image with orangepi-build, software caveats, pricing and who should buy it.
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HexOS: a home server you can understand
A practical HexOS review for home storage: setup, TrueNAS, local management, apps, backup, public beta features and a licence price in euros.
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JetKVM Mini and Mini W: small hardware, support that makes a difference
A JetKVM Mini and Mini W review covering useful updates, Ethernet and Wi-Fi, local access, hardware video limits and prices in euros.
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HexOS: does a friendlier TrueNAS make the right decisions for you?
A practical review of HexOS on two home servers, focused on installation time, default choices, memory overhead compared with plain TrueNAS, behaviour of mixed-capacity pools during scrub and resilver, cloud dependence and Buddy Backups.
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JetKVM Mini: a matchbox KVM judged by glass-to-glass latency
A practical review of the JetKVM Mini engineering sample, focused on glass-to-glass latency with a high-speed camera, H.264 bitrate and frame pacing, USB virtual media throughput, BIOS control, offline behaviour, the 4K claim and a PiKVM comparison.
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Openterface KeyMod: a 2.4 gram keyboard for computers that have none
A review of the Openterface KeyMod Mini and Plus, an open hardware USB HID emulator that turns a phone into a keyboard and trackpad for headless machines, kiosks, servers and BIOS screens, with specs, limits, pricing and a first-week checklist.
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Home Lab for Testing: Cheap and Smart
Learn how to build an affordable home lab for testing and development. This guide covers hardware choices, virtualization strategies, network setup, and.
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Learning Kubernetes with Rancher and Raspberry Pi: The Complete Homelab Guide
Master Kubernetes hands-on by building a Raspberry Pi cluster with Rancher. This step-by-step guide covers hardware, K3s installation, Rancher setup, and.