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This is a brief post demoing how to benchmark LAN throughput using iPerf3 between a Linux machine and a PC running Windows. What’s iPerf3? iPerf3 is a cross-platform tool for …

This is a really short post covering the cause and fix for slow/poor VirtualBox VM performance on Windows hosts. So in one of my previous posts I’ve enabled a Windows …

In this post I cover a script I’ve been using to automate SQL Server installation with PowerShell in my home lab. As opposed to my previous blog post that demos …

This post contains the steps required to build a Windows Server 2025 VM in VirtualBox via PowerShell using the currently available Insider Preview build of Windows Server 2025. Some relevant …

Since my home lab consists of mostly Windows Server VMs, I end up occasionally getting close to the end 180 days trial period so I end up extending it on …

In this post I’m going over the process of increasing disk size, extending the C drive and moving the Recovery partition of a Windows Server VM in Oracle VirtualBox. I …

In a previous post I’ve covered the process of setting up a Windows Server 2019 VM in VirtualBox. So I’ve figured that I should add one to cover the creation …

In this post I’ll go over the process of building both Linux and Windows VMs in Oracle VirtualBox using PowerShell on a Windows host. Prerequisites Building Windows VM via PowerShell …

In this post I’m going through the steps required for setting up a Windows Server 2019 VM in Oracle VirtualBox on a Windows 10 host. In a previous post, I’ve …

In this post I’ll outline the process of setting up an Ubuntu Server VM in Oracle VirtualBox for running SQL Server on Linux. If you want to do this via …