10 Things You Should Back Up in Your Home Lab (But Probably Don’t)
There is definitely a checklist of things that I think are good to mention when it comes to backing up things in the home lab. We all know about “backups”…
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.
5 Signs It’s Time to Upgrade Your Home Lab Hardware
One of the strengths I think to the home lab community is that we all try to squeeze as much as we can out of our gear. Many of us…
Why I Switched to Zabbix for Monitoring My Docker Containers
Monitoring your home lab infrastructure is one of the most important things you can stand up and learn about. Otherwise, yes, you can still have fun in a home lab…
See Everything on Your Home Lab Network with ntopng
If you are like me, I have always been interested in networking and the technologies that allow us to get packets from point A to point B. In the home…
Best Home Lab Tools You’re Crazy Not to Use in 2025
Let’s face it, we are always on the lookout for good tools that we can use in our home labs to do various things or just make our lives easier.…
5 Things You Should Be Monitoring on Your Home Lab Network (But Probably Aren’t)
You may have spent tons of time optimizing and monitoring the performance of virtual machines, containers, and other infrastructure in your home lab. However, network visibility often gets ignored in…
Zorin OS Is the Best Linux Distro for Windows Users (and Perfect for Home Labs)
If you have been itching to switch to something different than Windows and you have been tempted to move to Linux, but have been afraid to do so, there is…
How To Run GPU-Enabled Containers in Your Home Lab
GPUs are definitely no longer just for gamers or crypto miners. They are also now the essential hardware when it comes to AI, media encoding, and things like machine learning.…
LogForge is the Must-Have Self-Hosted Docker Dashboard for Logs and Alerts
Recently, you may have seen some automation I have been doing with AI to self-heal and correct things in the home lab. One of those workflows I have been using…
Top 10 Automation Scripts Every Home Lab Should Have in 2025
If you want to take your home lab to a home lab 2.0, it’s all about automation. The more of your environment you can have self-manage, the more time you…