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 LeeJanuary 26, 2024
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Best Out of Band Management Solutions

Out-of-band management is an important part of managing a data center and even your home lab. What is it exactly, and what are the best out-of-band management solutions for your home lab to maintain access to everything? Table of contentsWhat…
Mini PC & Server

Brandon LeeJanuary 25, 2024
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Minisforum MS-01 Review: Best Home Server Mini PC Early 2024

I was excited when I first saw the teaser of the Minisforum MS-01 mini PC. For a long while, I have been waiting for mini PCs to progress to the point where they were very similar to other server hardware…
Containers

Brandon LeeJanuary 24, 2024
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Podman vs Docker: Which is best to run containers?

You may have seen the name Podman come up recently in looking at Docker containers or containerized technologies. Podman is becoming more popular among those who want to run containers. What is the difference between Podman and Docker? Let’s look…
home lab

Brandon LeeJanuary 23, 2024
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Nutanix Community Edition for Home Lab

With the massive uncertainty regarding VMware vSphere, there are a lot of home labbers out there who are looking at alternatives to VMware vSphere. These may be looking at open-source solutions like Proxmox and XCP-ng. However, there is another solution…
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeJanuary 22, 2024
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Kubevirt Running VMs on a Kubernetes Cluster

It feels like we have come full circle as Kubernetes has matured and has been greatly extended over the past few years to do some really amazing things. One of the amazing things you can do now with Kubernetes is…
Kubernetes

Brandon LeeJanuary 19, 2024
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K8Studio New Kubernetes Cluster Management IDE Tool

I am always looking for new Kubernetes tools to manage Kubernetes clusters differently or with new capabilities. I saw a tool that caught my attention called K8Studio. By its own description, K8Studio is designed to simplify and enhance the experience…
home lab

Brandon LeeJanuary 18, 2024
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Best Home Server Virtualization Projects in 2024

As we get more into 2024, if you are looking at virtualization projects and labs to get started learning, there are many great learning projects you can spin up on your home lab server. While you may have experimented with…
Virtualization

Brandon LeeJanuary 17, 2024
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Virtual Machine Platform vs Hyper-V vs Windows Hypervisor Platform

Modern Microsoft Windows client operating systems have quite a few powerful virtualization features and capabilities built into the operating system. However, you may have seen in the Windows optional features configuration, there are three different components you can enable as…
home lab

Brandon LeeJanuary 16, 2024
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Firewalla Gold SE Review for Home Lab

I was recently sent one of the new Firewalla Gold SE devices to test out in the home lab. However, other than the unit being sent to me for my thoughts, this is not a paid review, and I only…
Containers

Brandon LeeJanuary 15, 2024
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LXC vs Docker: Pros and Cons Explained

When we start talking about running containers in the home lab or production, two types of containers usually come up in conversation for running services: LXC containers and Docker containers. This article will examine a comparison between LXC and Docker,…