How to Passthrough a Disk in Proxmox
In this tutorial, we will look at how to Passthrough a disk in Proxmox. There are a few situations where you might want to pass through a disk and to…
Frank Joseph - Founder of WunderTech
I've been building and breaking home labs for over a decade. You might know me as @WunderTechTutorials on YouTube.
I run WunderTech — and I write every article on it. No ghostwriters, no AI articles. If a tutorial is on this site, it's because I actually ran the thing on hardware I own, and usually broke it a few times first.
I've been working in corporate IT for over 15 years, focused on enterprise, networking, virtualization, application management, and storage. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and an MBA. Honestly though, most of what ends up on WunderTech comes from the home lab I've been building and rebuilding for years.
What I actually run
Every tutorial on this site gets tested on real hardware before it goes live. My current home lab includes a Synology DS925+, a Ubiquiti UNAS Pro 8, a DIY 110TB TrueNAS server I built (8 cores, 128GB ECC RAM, dual 25GbE NICs, 10 hot-swap bays), two UGREEN NAS devices (running TrueNAS), a Proxmox two-node cluster, and dual video surveillance running Blue Iris and UniFi Protect. That setup is where every Synology, Proxmox, UniFi, TrueNAS, and Docker article on this site originates.
Why trust what's on this site
I've personally owned and configured multiple Synology NAS units, built TrueNAS servers from scratch, run Proxmox clusters in production at home, and deployed UniFi networking across my entire house. When I recommend hardware, it's because I've lived with it. When I write a tutorial, it's because I did the thing, not because I researched how someone else did the thing.
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How to Update Proxmox VE
In this tutorial, we will look at how to update Proxmox. When you first set up and configure Proxmox VE, the repositories that you're automatically set to use are the…
OPNsense vs. OpenWrt: Which One Should You Use?
I've run OPNsense as my firewall for a long time, mainly running it as a VM on my Proxmox server. I've also set up OpenWrt on a few routers over…
How to Configure the Firewall on Proxmox
In this tutorial, we will look at how to configure the firewall on Proxmox. In general, configuring the firewall on any device is extremely powerful since you're able to limit…
How to Set Up Tailscale on OpenWrt
In this tutorial, we will look at how to set up Tailscale on OpenWrt. Tailscale is a zero-configuration VPN, which means that without any port forwarding, you'll be able to…
Adding Drives to a Storage Pool on a Synology NAS
In this tutorial, we will look at adding drives to a storage pool on a Synology NAS. If you would like to expand a storage pool and volume, you must…
Increase VM Disk Size in Proxmox
Proxmox makes it easy to give a VM more disk space — one command and it's done on the hypervisor side. The part people miss is that the guest OS…
Best Blue Iris Doorbell Camera
In this article, we are going to look at the best Blue Iris Doorbell Camera. In most articles, I provide various options as there isn't a best for really anything…
How to Replace a Failed Drive on a Synology NAS
In this tutorial, we will look at how to replace a failed drive on a Synology NAS. When a hard drive fails on a Synology NAS (or any NAS for…
Best Security Cameras for Blue Iris
In this article, we will look at the best security cameras for Blue Iris.Before we look at the best security cameras for Blue Iris, I want to be completely clear…