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…
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.
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…
Proxmox Backup Server Settings I Wish I Knew Earlier
If you are getting into running Proxmox and backing up your Proxmox environment using Proxmox Backup Server, which is a great way to back up your Proxmox environment. It has…
A Small Change to My Proxmox Web UI Made It Feel More Modern
I am constantly on the lookout for projects that have that really “cool” factor to them. In the realm of Proxmox, there has been an explosion of open-source projects that…
This Made My Mini PC Home Lab Feel Enterprise Grade: Intel vPro with AMT
One of the things that I really missed about going away from enterprise grade servers is the out of band management they have by default. Dell has iDRAC, Supermicro has…
5 Proxmox Maintenance Tasks Most Home Labs Ignore
Proxmox is my choice of home lab hypervisor moving forward. It has so many capabilities and features. It can definitely support a healthy list of project based learning and experimenting…
5 Unexpected Ways to Save Power in Your Home Lab (Without Killing Performance)
Over the last few years my home lab has diminished in the footprint of the servers I have used to run my home lab workloads. For several years, I ran…
How I Patch My Proxmox Cluster Without Taking Anything Offline
As many are shifting to Proxmox for both home lab and even production workloads and operations, there are several “day-to-day” operational activities that you probably want to know how to…