Broadcom VMware Buyout: 5 Things to do Now
I know many are thinking these days, what is the future for VMware? It is a great company, and I know a lot of great people that work there. The…
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.
TrueNAS Virtual Machine Configuration: Step-by-Step Tips
TrueNAS provides a powerful platform for running a homelab. It provides a “LAN in a CAN” approach to running everything from NAS storage, virtual machines, and containerized applications, including vanilla…
OpenSpeedTest Server Self-hosted Network Speed Test in Docker
Checking speeds in your network is a great way to troubleshoot and also keep a check on performance metrics. If you are like me, you have probably relied on publicly…
Is Microsoft Hyper-V Dead?
Microsoft Hyper-V is Microsoft’s answer to the world of virtualization. In my opinion, Hyper-V has always been behind the curve that VMware has set in terms of features and capabilities.…
Test-NetConnection: A Comprehensive Guide to Network Connectivity Testing
Having a reliable network is crucial for businesses and individuals alike, making the test-netconnection command an invaluable tool for troubleshooting and ensuring seamless connectivity. Command line utilities have long been the…
Top Home Lab Upgrades this Black Friday 2023
If you are like me, you start thinking about home lab upgrades as we get closer to the black Friday deals. Generally speaking, you can get some great deals for…
Rancher Desktop vs Docker Desktop: A Detailed Comparison
Desktop container tools are great for developers, DevOps professionals, and home labbers to get their feet wet with containers without having to spin up a virtual machine as a container…
Top Home Server Ideas for 2024: Projects to Start
You can simply use your home lab to run a media server, file server, or other home-oriented services. However, you can also use it as a great learning tool. In…
NFS Subdir External Provisioner: Connect Your NAS with Kubernetes
One of the cool things I have done recently in the lab is working with shared storage class configurations with Kubernetes persistent volumes. I recently set up an NFS share…
Docker Overlay2 Cleanup: 5 Ways to Reclaim Disk Space
If you are running Docker containers on a Docker container host, you may have seen issues with disk space. Docker Overlay2 can become a disk space hog if not managed…