DIY SAN/NAS – quest for fast, reliable, shared storage with a twist of ZFS! (Part 1)
Choosing prebuilt SAN is cheating – let’s build something from nothing and learn ZFS on the way! Read more about my FreeNAS/ZFS adventure using a Dell R510.
Multi-tenant/VLANs behind a virtualized pfSense firewall in ESXi
Whether you want to set up a multi-tenant solution in ESXi or simply create VLANs on your network for security, this is how you do it with a virtual pfSense firewall!
Web farm re-arch. Doing more with less!
Homelabs are great learning tools, but if you’re not careful you can experience nasty VM sprawl! Consolidation is key. In this blog post we dial the resources back while preserving the performance! Read more!
Patchsee Intelligent Cable reviewed (and taken apart!)
Check out this quick review of the PatchSee cable system and see how it’s put together!
pfSense 2.2 Released!
Hey guys – really excited to share this. It looks as if pfSense 2.2 was finally released yesterday (Jan 23rd, 2015). Of course it comes out after I deployed another 2.1.5 release, but that’s ok. So anyway, they talk about adding 55 features/tasks and fixing 135 bugs that were in 2.1.5 – pretty impressive! Here is their blog post highlighting it! Be sure to check it out!
About Me
I am a Sr. Systems Engineer by profession and am interested in all aspects of technology. I am most interested in virtualization, storage, and enterprise hardware. I am also interested in leveraging public and private cloud technologies such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and vRealize Automation/vCloud Director. When not working with technology I enjoy building high performance cars and dabbling with photography. Thanks for checking out my blog! 
