The quest for an easy-to-set-up and affordable vSphere home lab is elusive for most of us, as it requires the procurement of proper hardware to run vSphere matched with our lack of free time to ...

It's hard to justify spending that much money on an OS when you can go the FOSS route with Linux distributions ...

I want to build an ESXi lab that I can use for general testing and labbing, nothing else. The computer will sit under my TV in the living room, while I will be sitting in another room, and connect to ...

Learn about virtualization by creating your own one-box lab. Here's how to do it. This image accompanies our story Virtualization playground: How to create a vSphere lab on a Mac. Click through to ...

I'm looking to build a single ESXi server (Free Edition for now) for home lab usage. I know the basics of what I'll be getting (Quad-core Ivy Bridge or Haswell / 32GB mem / quad-port NIC), but storage ...

Cosmos Cloud, Runtipi, and UmbrelOS are decent alternatives to CasaOS if you’re looking for an easy way to deploy containers. Or you can go down the Unix-like rabbit hole by checking out SmartOS and ...

As I last wrote, I'm preparing to make some changes in my home lab. I want to thank each of you who shared your advice on home labs -- and for the lively Twitter debate, as well. I think it's a good ...

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