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 Lee2 hours ago
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Big Spring Home Lab Sale: Beats Pro, Mini PCs, 10 gig Network Switches, NVMe, Monitors, and more!

In case you haven’t heard, Amazon is having their Big Spring Sale starting today that is seeing huge discounts across the board for many of the items that we are interested in for leveling up our home labs. These include…
VMware

Brandon Lee21 hours ago
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Broadcom Locking VMware Updates to Require Download Token for Site ID

Well, more tightening with VMware by Broadcom. Broadcom has announced major changes to the way VIAdmins are getting updates in their environments. Let’s take a look at how Broadcom locking VMware updates and what those changes are and what you…
Brandon Lee1 day ago
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Daily Tech Deals March 24 2025

Looking for great tech deals? Check out items on today’s daily tech deals. Today you can get a SAMSUNG 49″ Odyssey G9 for 23% off, a Microsoft Surface Pro 2-in-1 Laptop/Tablet (2024) for 23% off, a APC UPS 1500VA Sine…
Mini PC & Server

Brandon Lee1 day ago
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5 Mini PC Trends in 2025 and Beyond

There is no question that mini PCs are becoming the dominant force in home labs, home office spaces, and those that are looking at even other things like AI and productivity. I know I have converted my home lab fleet…
Brandon Lee4 days ago
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Daily Tech Deals March 21 2025

Looking for great tech deals? Check out items on today’s daily tech deals. Today you can get a SAMSUNG 990 EVO Plus SSD 4TB for 28% off, a Dell Vostro 3030 Tower Business Desktop Computer for 33% off, a SAMSUNG…
home lab

Brandon Lee4 days ago
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How I Deployed a Self-Hosting Stack with Docker Swarm & MicroCeph

I have been on a journey to try out various self-hosting stacks in the home lab and one of the configurations that has been a great platform for learning and selfhosting has been Docker Swarm with Microceph. This combination of…
Brandon Lee5 days ago
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Daily Tech Deals March 20 2025

Looking for great tech deals? Check out items on today’s daily tech deals. Today you can get a Microsoft Surface Laptop (2024) for 30% off, a Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL Low Profile Wireless Gaming Keyboard for 21% off, Western Digital…
home lab

Brandon Lee5 days ago
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Automating Your Home Lab with Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD Pipelines

There has never been a better time to automate your home lab with tools like Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. With the AI tools and help we have today and all the resources on available on the web, automation is…
Brandon Lee6 days ago
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Daily Tech Deals March 19 2025

Looking for great tech deals? Check out today’s daily tech deals, including the NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-band WiFi 6 Mesh Network System (RBK853)—featuring a router with two satellite extenders, security features, and coverage up to 7,500 square feet for…
home lab

Brandon Lee6 days ago
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Optimize SSD and NVMe Storage for Virtualization in Your Home Lab

When building out your home lab, the storage layer is arguably one of the most important. Choosing the right storage solution is key to having a platform that can run virtual machines and containers effectively. Traditional hard drives (spindles) are…