9 Home Lab Services I Would Deploy First on a Fresh Proxmox Install
When I build a brand new Proxmox host or cluster, I don’t start with deploying everything and the kitchen sink. I focus on getting a small set of home lab…
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.
Stop Using Pi-Hole Sync Tools and Use Technitium DNS Clustering Instead
Having redundant DNS servers in a home lab is a great idea and helps to shore up one of the single points of failure that we can have in the…
PatchMon Is the Linux Update GUI I’ve Been Wanting for My Home Lab
An aspect of maintaining a production environment or home lab environment that I have personally never really enjoyed is patching. However, it is one of those necessary evils when you…
Ultimate Home Lab Starter Stack for 2026 (Key Recommendations)
If you were able to wipe the slate clean and start your home lab journey fresh today for the beginning of 2026, what would your starter stack look like? I…
Do You Really Need Wi-Fi 7 in Your Home Lab in 2025?
Usually we are thinking about upgrading other hardware in our home labs, including mini PCs, network switches, storage, and RAM (cough cough with today’s prices). However, there is another aspect…
Why Containers Will Be More Important Than Ever in the 2026 Home Lab
I think we are seeing a paradigm shift in hardware landscape with the surging price of consumer RAM. This is not only going to affect the obvious, RAM upgrades, but…
Why Deq Might Be the Best Home Lab Dashboard in 2025
Most of us have tried many of the home lab dashboards that are out there. I know I have been through the common list of them available. And there are…
Has RAM Pricing Just Made Used Enterprise Servers the Better Home Lab Deal?
Wow if you have been watching the pricing on RAM in the past few months, we have seen prices skyrocket. This isn’t a good development for those of us running…
Proxmox Datacenter Manager Just Went GA and It Changes Everything
If you have been following Promxox for the past couple of years now, there is one tool that piqued I think the attention of all of us and that is…
Beelink SER9 Max Review: Major Platform Upgrades and Real 10 Gig Networking
We are always looking out for great little mini PCs for the home lab that have the capabilities we expect and great features to self-host workloads. Beelink sent over a…