``` Nick Schmidt is an Infrastructure Engineer from Nome, Alaska.

Nick's an autodidact, having developed Linux, Network, Security, and Virtual Infrastructure capabilities as opportunities presented themselves.

Nick is a vocal proponent of tech education and continuous training, and holds a number of current certifications:

• CCNP Enterprise (Design, Adv Implementation)

• VCIX (NV 6, 2021)

• LPIC-2

• CISSP

Nick's current homelab:

• 3x MSI Z590 System boards with i5-10400 and 96GB of memory

• Synology DS218+ for shared storage

• Cisco WS-2960S-24PS-L for management, in-house networking

• 2x Mikrotik CRS305 for VM data plane (10 Gigabit connectivity)

Everything else, even the home router, runs as a VM to take advantage of virtualization's benefits. Prior editions of this home lab included the venerable ISR G1s (Cisco 1841, WS-3550-24TS-E for BGP/IS-IS) for CCNP training, but Cisco Modeling Labs has proven to be a much better replacement.

People are the most valuable resource in the world, with near unlimited potential. Always keep learning!

HP: https://blog.engyak.co/ ```