Nutanix Community Edition for Home Lab
With the massive uncertainty regarding VMware vSphere, there are a lot of home labbers out there who are looking at alternatives to VMware vSphere. These may be looking at open-source…
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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.
Kubevirt Running VMs on a Kubernetes Cluster
It feels like we have come full circle as Kubernetes has matured and has been greatly extended over the past few years to do some really amazing things. One of…
K8Studio New Kubernetes Cluster Management IDE Tool
I am always looking for new Kubernetes tools to manage Kubernetes clusters differently or with new capabilities. I saw a tool that caught my attention called K8Studio. By its own…
Best Home Server Virtualization Projects in 2024
As we get more into 2024, if you are looking at virtualization projects and labs to get started learning, there are many great learning projects you can spin up on…
Virtual Machine Platform vs Hyper-V vs Windows Hypervisor Platform
Modern Microsoft Windows client operating systems have quite a few powerful virtualization features and capabilities built into the operating system. However, you may have seen in the Windows optional features…
Firewalla Gold SE Review for Home Lab
I was recently sent one of the new Firewalla Gold SE devices to test out in the home lab. However, other than the unit being sent to me for my…
LXC vs Docker: Pros and Cons Explained
When we start talking about running containers in the home lab or production, two types of containers usually come up in conversation for running services: LXC containers and Docker containers.…
Proxmox HA Cluster Configuration for Virtual Machines
If you are learning the Proxmox hypervisor or want high-availability cluster resources for learning and self-hosting services with some resiliency, building a cluster is not too difficult. Also, you can…
E Cores vs P Cores in Home Servers
If you are thinking about a new mini PC for your home lab server and want to go the Intel CPU route, there are some considerations to be made when…
Top Docker Container Projects in 2024 for Learning
Looking at 2024, picking up new skills is probably on the minds of everyone in the world in the IT field. Learning new container skills is a great goal. In…