In this special episode, we are chatting with John Stapleton, who has spent the last 25+ years working in IT. John is currently a customer of 45Drives and is works at AGADA Biosciences. Their mission is to offer a depth of knowledge and experience in surrogate biomarkers and outcomes to each client's pre-clinical and clinical projects and trials, with expert guidance on robust experimental design, data generation, and data interpretation that brings sponsor confidence in making their drug development decisions. We dive into their current storage infrastructure (Ceph and Proxmox Clusters).

In episode 6 (our season 2 finale), we chat with Jay LaCroix, the fearless leader of Learn Linux TV. With over two decades of experience supporting and educating users on Linux professionally, Jay provides a wealth of knowledge with over 600,000 YouTube subscribers. We also chatted with Jay about his published books and training training for Linux-related concepts.

In episode 4, we sit down to chat with Alex Tran, the founder of IMMICH. We wanted to ask Alex about the origin story of IMMICH, his extensive DISCORD community, and his experience with the #HL15 from #45HomeLab (among other interesting topics).   For full video version: https://youtu.be/sZIEu6u-3qo  https://immich.app/

In episode 3, Brett and Mitch sit down to chat with Alex and Stephen from the Self-Hosted Podcast. We talked about starting in IT and the early challenges of creating a podcast for the self-hosted community. Which episode has been their favorite so far? We're also excited to hear about their impressions of our new #HL15 product from #45HomeLabs. For full YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEwQaTwXeo4

In episode 2, we are going to dive into some pretty incredible education on hard drives! Brett & Mitch will be sitting down to chat with Alan Nagl, who has over 40 years of experience in the hard drive industry with extensive research on the technology. If you think you know everything about the past, present and future of hard drive technology - think again.    Full video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxIqle_sgJ0

In our first episode of season 2, we will be talking to one of our long-time followers Raid Owl (Brett Duncan) to discuss how he got started in IT, his channel, his homelab influences including current and future channel projects, his experience so far with the 45HomeLab HL15, and much more!   Full video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27xHehM_FEo

In our final episode of 2023, we have not one, not two, but three very special guests. Zach & Jacob Smith, founders of Packet (acquired by Equinix), and tenacious technology and infrastructure pioneer, Matt Anderson joined us this week. The topics discussed ranged from on-prem storage vs cloud, homelab products (including Matt's impressions of the HL15), talking about the acquisition, and of course, how hardware is shaping the future of technology.   Full video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDv9lyCdcHM

In episode 7, we will be talking to Jeff Reinke who is the Director of Content & Audience Development for Industrial Media. Jeff has over 15 years of experience creating and managing strategic B2B content. We wanted to chat with Jeff and talk to him about his favorite industries for content creation, his podcast hosting duties and talk strategies for cyberattacks (especially focusing on the manufacturing sector).   Full video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syPx2HCYyR8