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.

home lab

Brandon LeeApril 17, 2025
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5 Reasons Proxmox Is the Ultimate Home Lab Hypervisor in 2025

There has certainly been a major shift in virtualization technologies over the past year or so. So many have been fleeing VMware for other hypervisors. It seems like Proxmox has become the new favorite in the community and home lab…
home lab

Brandon LeeApril 16, 2025
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5 Powerful but Cheap AI Workstations You Didn’t Know You Could Get (Perfect for Your Home Lab!)

I have really been looking at AI for the home lab and the hardware needed to run local language models (LLMs) successfully and in a speedy way. There is no question that GPUs are the heart of the solution as…
Brandon LeeApril 15, 2025
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Daily Tech Deals April 15 2025 (Gaming Chair, NVMe, and RAM UPGRADE)

If you are looking for great deals on home lab, here are three that I think you should look at. Check out items on today’s daily tech deals, including GTPLAYER Gaming Chair for 40% off, SAMSUNG 990 PRO SSD 4TB…
home lab

Brandon LeeApril 15, 2025
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5 Unexpected Ways to Use AI in Your Home Lab in 2025

AI has been one of the most revolutionary technologies that has come about in our lifetime. It is continuing to change the world around us as we know it and the capabilities of technology tools that we know and use.…
Brandon LeeApril 14, 2025
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Daily Tech Deals April 14 2025 (Great Ryzen Mini PCs for Home lab)

If you are looking for great deals on home lab mini PCs, there are lots of great Ryzen-based mini PCs and also Intel N series mini PCs on discounts today. Check out items on today’s daily tech deals. You can…
home lab

Brandon LeeApril 14, 2025
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Install the New VMware ESXi Free Edition Custom ISOs and Limitations

So you may be like me and still wondering if this is some kind of parallel universe where Broadcom reversed their decision to pull the free VMware ESXi hypervisor. But if you have been following my latest blog posts and…
VMware

Brandon LeeApril 11, 2025
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VMware ESXi Free Edition Available Again with 8.0U3e – Download Now!

I really couldn’t believe the news that just surfaced on Twitter and elsewhere that Broadcom is bringing back the Free ESXi hypervisor. When we say this past year and this year already has been tumultuous on a hypervisor front, that…
Proxmox

Brandon LeeApril 11, 2025
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Proxmox VE 8.4 Released New Features and Download!

Proxmox has really accelerated the development and introduction of new features and they have had reason to. I think they have become arguably the most popular free KVM virtualization solution, especially for home lab environments, but even in production. They…
Containers

Brandon LeeApril 10, 2025
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Why I Started Documenting My Docker Containers and What I Include

Running Docker containers and learning them is one of the best things you can do for your IT learning and career in 2025. Containerized technologies are everywhere. They are simple, effective, efficient, and they make self-hosting extremely powerful. However, they…
Brandon LeeApril 9, 2025
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Daily Tech Deals April 9 2025

Tariff Busters today!!! Check out items on today’s daily tech deals. You can get a Ring Battery Doorbell for 45% off, Beats Solo 4 – Wireless Bluetooth On-Ear Headphones for 22% off, Blink Outdoor 4 (newest model) for 50% off,…