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 Lee4 weeks ago
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7 Ways to Make Your Home Lab More Resilient to Power Outages

I can tell you that when you are on a consumer power grid, one of the biggest headaches with running a home lab is power outages. When you don’t have your lab setup in the right way to handle power…
home lab

Brandon Lee4 weeks ago
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10 Open-Source AI Models You Should Try In Your Home Lab (August 2025)

I am loving being able to try out so many cool new AI models in 2025. There are so many great options to choose from now. Who would have thought we would have had so many different models from different…
home lab

Brandon LeeAugust 15, 2025
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8 Virtual Machine Projects You Need to Build This Weekend!

I have been focused a lot on containerized development and DevOps lately and many of the weekend projects I have written about have been focused there. However, for those that love projects involving virtual machines, these are still very much…
Containers

Brandon LeeAugust 14, 2025
4 19,083

Docker Compose Tricks I Wish I Knew Sooner

Most likely when you start playing around with and using Docker containers in your home lab and production environments, you will eventually start becoming familiar with Docker Compose. Docker compose is generally the go-to tool that many use when working…
Proxmox

Brandon LeeAugust 13, 2025
2 1,240

Testing Proxmox 9 Snapshots as Volume Chains on iSCSI (Tech Preview)

One of the new features I was really excited about when looking into the features of Proxmox 9 VE Server was the snapshot capabilities on thick provisioned LUNs with iSCSI and NFS. I think for many VMware admins, it really…
Containers

Brandon LeeAugust 12, 2025
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10 Common Docker Container Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Running Docker containers is an absolute game changer for your home lab and production environments where they make sense. If you are wanting an easy way to spin up new environments and host apps and services, running containers has so…
Proxmox

Brandon LeeAugust 11, 2025
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How to Upgrade from Proxmox VE 8 to 9 Fast and Hassle-Free

I have had some questions in the comments about showing the upgrade from Proxmox VE 8 to 9. The official documentation is there, but can be a little hard to follow at times. So, here you go, my how to…
home lab

Brandon LeeAugust 8, 2025
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5 Secure Networking Projects for Your Home Lab This Weekend!

Man so many projects to try and most of us feel like we don’t have enough time. However, I hope you have been enjoying my “weekend” series blog post I have been releasing each Friday to spur on some project-based…
Proxmox

Brandon LeeAugust 7, 2025
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Proxmox VE 9’s New Mobile Web UI: Manage Your Cluster from Anywhere

In case you haven’t heard, Proxmox 9 has officially dropped and it contains some great new features like LVM thick LUN snapshots, SDN fabric enhancements and more. However, one of the features that has flown under the radar is a…
home lab

Brandon LeeAugust 6, 2025
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12 Essential Steps I Take on Every New Docker Host

I get excited when I am spinning up a new Docker container host as I think about all the new, cool workloads and projects that can be ran on it. Building up your Docker container host the right way and…