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

Linux dominates the home lab conversation for good reasons. Containers, lightweight services, network appliances, and ...

For IT pros, I think that the home lab has been one of the most critical tools to allow us to further our professional careers, prepare for certifications and go into the workplace with confidence.

The Aoostar WTR PRO is a compact and cost-effective home server that offers an impressive balance of performance, flexibility, and energy efficiency. Designed to replace traditional home lab setups, ...

Although designed to act as a home/small business file and back-up repository, Tom thinks its specs might allow it to work a storage server for virtualization for a small home lab. In previous ...

Looking for some advice on this combo for a home / lab virtualization build to run maybe 10 or 12, maybe more, low-resource utilization Hyper-V Virtual Machines for my own learning and experimenting: ...

If there's one technology that can greatly improve computing environments of any size, it's virtualization. By using a single physical server to run many virtual servers, you can decrease operational ...

Have you ever poured hours into building a home lab, only to find yourself tangled in a web of mislabeled cables, unexpected shutdowns, or worse, data loss? For tech enthusiasts, a home lab is more ...

Many of our past columns have centered on a recurring theme: increasing the value of IT without scaling cost, all while ensuring minimal risk to the business. In keeping with this theme, in this ...

When I was a kid, my home lab consisted of test tubes and beakers, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), acetic acid (vinegar), and the occasional boom, followed closely by the sound of my mom in the ...