Consumer vs Enterprise SSDs in the Home Lab: I Benchmarked Both in Ceph
A lot of questions on types of hardware come up when ones are building a home lab server or home lab cluster that are definitely worth asking. Recently I had…
Author: Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
7 Tools I Always Install on Every New Home Lab Linux Server
There is always a set of tools that most of us become familiar with and rely on when it comes to different types of operating systems or platforms. I am…
5 Docker Features Most Home Labbers Are Not Using (But Should Be)
Docker is one of the most popular tools not only in the home lab, but in production environments that lets you run services quickly and easily. If you are like…
How I Fixed Heat Buildup in My 10-Inch Mini Rack with a Simple Cooling Mod
One of the tradeoffs of running a dense mini rack full of compact systems is heat. When you stack multiple high performance mini PCs into a small enclosed rack, even…
PegaProx Now Adds Built-In ESXi Migration and Proxmox Backup Monitoring
I have been following a really great project called PegaProx for the last few months and it is rapidly evolving into one of the goto tools for Proxmox management with…
PVE Note Buddy Is a Smarter Way to Use Proxmox Notes in Your Home Lab
I have been on a documentation kick lately, especially since there seem to be so many great tools landing on the documentation side of things for Proxmox powered home labs.…
5 Home Lab VLAN Mistakes That Will Break Your Network in 2026
When it comes to home lab networks, introducing VLANs is absolutely one of those critical moves that will take your home lab to the next level and it is a…
5 Home Lab Hardware Projects Most People Keep Putting Off
When thinking about projects in the home lab, most of what I know my mind goes to is software projects and cool solutions that I want to implement that adds…
I Tested ProxPatch in My 5-Node Proxmox Cluster. Here’s What Happened
If you have been following along with what I have been up to in the home lab, you know that I recently built a 5-node Proxmox VE cluster running Ceph…
The Tools That Quietly Run My Home Lab Every Day in 2026
I have been through quite a transition with my home lab moving into 2026. Not just hardware. There has been a lot of changes on the hardware front, but in…