Best Home Lab Networking Architecture in 2025
One of the core aspects of any IT infrastructure is the network. The network is the center of how everything communicates, works, and it also forms the core of your…
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.
Hyper-V Server 2025: Nope but sort of?
I think many have been dismayed about the discontinuation of Hyper-V Server. The last version that you can officially download is Hyper-V Server 2019. However, with the release of the…
Best Backup Solution for VMware Alternatives in 2025
As so many are looking at their options for virtualization solutions into 2025, one of the deciding factors can be the backup solution that can be used to backup your…
Proxmox Home Server Build 2025: Ryzen 9 7945HX 96GB and 10GbE
I have been intrigued with entertaining building my next Proxmox host in the home lab as opposed to simply buying a pre-built mini PC. Minisforum sent me one of their…
6 reasons a NAS is your Best Home Lab Investment
When it comes to spending our precious hard earned money on a home lab, you want to make your resources count. Many ask when getting into a home lab, what…
Best Hypervisor in 2025: It depends on your pain tolerance
Wow there have been so many changes with virtualization from 2024 into 2025, when looking back at the ground we have covered so far in 2024 and now moving into…
GitLab CI CD Variables and How to Use Them
Working with GitLab CI CD pipelines is a great way to automate your DevOps processes. In building a CI CD pipeline you can use variables effectively in the CI CD…
Build Your Own Arpwatch Docker Container to Watch Your Network
If you are looking for a solution to monitor Ethernet address changes in your network, arp monitoring is a great way to do this. ARP or address resolution protocol is…
Secure Nginx Proxy Manager Admin Interface with SSL
I really like Nginx Proxy Manager to secure my Docker containers running on Docker hosts with SSL certificates. I find it to be extremely intuitive and it is absolutely one of those…
Minisforum MS-A2 vs MS-01: Best Home Lab Server in 2025?
I have made no bones about the fact that I think the Minisforum MS-01 was the best home lab mini PC in 2024. I have (2) of them in a…