Should You Build or Buy a Home Server in 2025?
There are za lot of reasons to either build or buy a home server in 2025. In this post, I want to discuss the options, the pros and cons, and…
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.
vCenter Server on Proxmox: So Wrong Yet So Fun!
I have been having so much fun playing around with Proxmox, migrating virtual machines, and running various tests and scenarios in the home lab. I have been doing lots of…
5 Proxmox Pooled Storage Options and How to Configure them
Proxmox has many healthy options for storage that allow you to to solve many challenges and run your business critical workloads or home lab environments in a way that is…
Thin Provision your NVMe drive in Proxmox VE Server
Most likely one of the first types of storage you will work with in a home lab server running Proxmox is a locally attached NVMe drive in a mini PC…
Migrate VMware to Proxmox Using Veeam for Free
You know many think about pay for enterprise tools as something they just can’t use because they don’t have a subscription or they want to use only free and open…
Best Homelab Networking Ecosystem
There are many different ecosystems of solutions out there that provide a full turnkey solution for networking setups in the homelab. Let’s take a look at the best homelab networking…
The Best Kubernetes Storage CSI Providers for Home Lab Enthusiasts
I have been experimenting and trying various Kubernetes Storage CSI providers over the past few months and I wanted to compile and give you a breakdown of my thoughts on…
Install Microk8s: Ultimate Beginners Configuration Guide
Microk8s is one of the coolest small Kubernetes distros you can play around with and it is not just for playing around, it is actually built for running production workloads…
Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS Review: Beefy Specs with Backup Server Built-in
Recently, Terramaster sent over their Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS for me to take a look at. As always with these reviews, I am not paid outside of receiving the unit…
Use Intel Optane SSD: Cheat your System Memory for Proxmox or VMware
I have done a lot of experimenting with my vExpert-provided Intel Optane 280 GB drives as a caching tier in front of my vSAN OSA configuration. However, since I have…