Cloud Crossroads
I feel like I am at a crossroads… and trying to figure out which direction to go. In my life, I strive to know about all kinds of things. Heck, in college, I went through 4-5 different majors because I...
View ArticleFixed Block vs Variable Block Deduplication – A Quick Primer
Deduplication technology is quickly becoming the new hotness in the IT industry. Previously, deduplication was delegated to secondary storage tiers as the controller could not always keep up with the...
View ArticleEnabling AMD Ryzen Virtualization Functions
As part of my homelab environment, I am leveraging AMD Ryzen 5 CPUs for the processors. There are a myriad of reasons I went with AMD over Intel (discussion over vBeers at this point), but I have been...
View ArticleHomelab Journey – The Why?!
Like many people in IT Infrastructure-land, having access to a lab environment is extremely valuable. In my career, having access to a notable Enterprise-level infrastructure had been available for me...
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