Perfect Home Lab 2024 and Minisforum Giveaway!

What does my perfect home lab look like in 2024? I want to show you guys what configuration I am running. I have moved back to traditional storage with iSCSI LUNs from HCI. What hardware am I using, storage, and networking? Also, a giveaway of a Minisforum MS-A1 mini workstation! Check out the video to see how you can win!

***Giveaway is only for US residents due to shipping costs***

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Written blog covering the topics found in the video:
https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/09/perfect-home-lab-2024-ms-01s-nvme-memory-tiering-and-nvme-nas/

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Introduction to the perfect home lab in 2024! – 0:00
The GIVEAWAY! and what you need to do to win! – 0:45
The MS-01 mini workstation in the perfect home lab – 1:26
NNVMe memory tiering with the MS-01 for 478 GB of RAM! – 1:50
Brief overview of NVMe memory tiering – 2:07
VMware vSphere for home lab at this point and why – 3:07
Is NVMe memory tiering the same as paging in Proxmox? 3:43
What about enterprise server gear? 4:47
Mini PCs are a good balance of compute and efficiency – 5:12
My choice for storage – Terramaster F8 SSD Plus – 5:28
Why do you need shared storage or might want it? 6:29
Why traditional storage vs HCI? 7:00
The MS-01 only has (3) NVMe slots and NVMe memory tiering and HCI choices – 7:36
Bill of materials with this setup – 8:01
MS-01 workstations and specs – 8:08
Terramaster F8 SSD Plus – 8:44
Networking with Ubiquiti Edgeswitch 16 XG 10 gig switch – 9:06
How is this working out with this configuration? 9:30
Let me know what your perfect home lab looks like – 10:23