I Built My Own S3 Storage in My Home Lab (And It Actually Works)
Lately, I have started to introduce more tooling into the home lab that utilizes S3 storage. I have already had some of this in the home lab. When I stood…
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.
Why Your Home Lab Feels Slow (And What I Found)
Have you ever had those frustrating moments when running a home lab and you know that everything looks like it is “technically” working, but things just “feel” slow? It is…
Proxmox Finally Has a Real RVTools-Style Report (This Is What Was Missing)
If you seem to remember that I wrote about a similar topic, you are correct! I had previously written about a particular tool in the cv4pve toolkit that reminded me…
10 Home Lab Tools That Made My Setup Feel Like a Real Datacenter
There comes a point where when you use the right tools and architect things the right way, your home lab can absolutely start feeling like an enterprise-grade environment. When this…
Your Drives Might Be Failing. Check These Free Tools
Storage is one of the absolutely critical aspects of any home lab and computing environment in general. And, unfortunately, storage issues can creep in without even having any signs of…
7 Home Lab Upgrades Under $100 That Actually Made a Huge Difference
I get it. Man things are expensive these days. At least currently, the days of simple “and cheap” upgrades like adding RAM or upgrading a hard drive are over for…
I Stopped Deploying Containers Manually. This Changed My Home Lab
For a LONG time, my home lab has looked like what I imagine most other people’s labs look like. I had a mix of Docker Compose files and a few…
Manage Proxmox Like Kubernetes? This CLI Tool Makes It Possible
If you have spent any amount of time working with Proxmox, you are probably super familiar with the web interface. The default web interface is clean and gives you good…
I Changed How I Access My Home Lab and This Fixed Everything
If you have spent any time at all in building out your home lab, one of the first things you try to decide how to do is remotely access your…
Is Docker Swarm Still Safe in 2026?
If you have been running containers in your home lab or small production environment, there is a good chance you have tried or are currently using Docker Swarm. Swarm has…