http://www.vcoteam.info/tags/homelab.html Recent content in homelab on vCO Team Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.vcoteam.info/articles/home-lab/320-nuc-nuc-nuc-vsan.html Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.vcoteam.info/articles/home-lab/320-nuc-nuc-nuc-vsan.html In a previous article VMworld 2016 Barcelona Hackathon, I noted that I had won an i3 NUC at VMworld in Barcelona. After playing with that for a few days and helping Alan Renouf test his Home Lab Deployment Script, I decided I wanted to have a full 3 node cluster - but with the i5 Processor … so, I went shopping! Gear Intel NUC i5 Model: Intel NUC i5: NUC6i5SYH http://www.vcoteam.info/articles/home-lab/317-how-to-create-usb-boot-stick-for-esxi.html Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.vcoteam.info/articles/home-lab/317-how-to-create-usb-boot-stick-for-esxi.html The Intel NUC has become a popular device for a variety of use cases. It’s quite a powerful little box that can be used as a regular Windows/Linux machine, a Home Theater PC (HTPC), or a techie Test/Dev box for many different types of software, including VMware ESXi - and even vSAN! This will be a short blog post on setting up a USB boot stick for the installation of ESXi on a SanDisk Ultra Fit 16GB USB. http://www.vcoteam.info/articles/home-lab/313-burke-s-home-lab.html Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.vcoteam.info/articles/home-lab/313-burke-s-home-lab.html Since I’m preparing to write a short series of articles on my recent Home Lab purchases, I figured I should preface those articles with a little history on my current hardware… During the summer of 2011 around June/July, I wanted to have a home environment to install, configure, and test things - you know, the typical techie Hands-On environment. My requirements were as follows: Try to keep costs down Try for quiet equipment Minimize power consumption This article will describe the original purchase and progression of the lab.