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*** Official Minisforum channel to subscribe for the giveaway: https://www.youtube.com/@minisforumofficial 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/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster ★ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ ★ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit ★ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/VirtualizationHowto/100092747277326/ ★ Discord: https://discord.gg/Zb46NV6mB3 ★ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/brandonleevht/ 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