Author Archives: Steven Del-Nevo

How Much Server Performance Does a Small Business Really Need?

How Much Server Performance Does A 5 Person Business Really Need

Choosing the right server isn’t about buying the most powerful hardware—it’s about matching performance to your business needs. Discover how much server capacity a small business with up to 10 employees really requires, and why refurbished enterprise servers often provide the best balance of performance, reliability and value.

Docker vs Proxmox LXC Containers: What’s the Difference, and Which Should You Choose?

Docker Vs Proxmox Lxc

If you’ve spent any time in the home lab community, you’ll have noticed one question that keeps popping up on Reddit, forums, Discord servers, and YouTube comments: “Should I run this in Docker or an LXC container?” It’s a fair question. After all, both technologies use containers, both are lightweight compared to virtual machines, and both can run your favourite applications. So surely they’re basically the same thing? Well… not quite. While Docker and Proxmox LXC

How to Block Apple’s iCloud Private Relay Using Pi-hole and DNS Filtering

Block Apple Private Relay

Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is a privacy feature available to iCloud+ subscribers that helps prevent websites and network providers from tracking a user’s browsing activity in Safari. While this provides an additional layer of privacy for end users, it can present challenges for organisations, schools, managed networks, and even some home users who rely on

Installing Proxmox VE on an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9

Install Proxmox On A Dl380 Gen9

The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 remains one of the most popular enterprise servers available on the UK refurbished hardware market. Despite being several generations old, the DL380 Gen9 continues to offer exceptional performance, reliability and flexibility for organisations looking to deploy virtualisation platforms without the expense of modern enterprise hardware. Combined with Proxmox Virtual Environment