What is a HomeLab? How can you build your own and why it's useful!

If you're looking to get hands on experience building your own homelab is by far the greatest option for you when you are first starting out. But what else is a homelab good for? Find out in this video!

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[AravindKumar-chow]

dude it doesn't matter how long the video is it matters that how much information we are getting good luck

[chelseawilson]

Saw this video on Saturday while searching for some good content on making my first home lab. Today I reached out to our Service Desk Manager at work to ask if they had any items I could use. Now I have a meeting with him for Thurs to go over any pieces or whole items they have available for me to pick up. I was stressing about cost before seeing this video. You're awesome for sharing these tips. I've been begging people for advice/tips for years (largely being ignored) & only recently found all of the info is available on YouTube. I'm absorbing it all like a sponge now. Thanks again!

[NotShivShank]

Love the long videos! Missed having these, was getting tired of all the short ad videos.

[jag]

Pro tip:
If your virtual machine is too slow bc of your limited pc specs (like mine), just rev it up, leave it alone, minimize it and use PuTTY to ssh into it. Sometimes a low budget develops your resourcefulness, which is maybe the most important skill in IT...

[briannacluck]

I picked up a Compaq desktop from a university surplus sale for $50, bought a cheap wireless card for it and now I use it as a virtual machine host. Thanks to that, I've done network traffic experiments, set up an IDS and taught myself the basics of BSD sysadmin work! The best money I've ever spent.

[warshon]

This was an extremely well put together video. While watching, I realized I've done some similar first steps towards this when I was younger. I tinkered a bit but had absolutely no guidance on how to continue it further than inspecting some wires. No that I'm older and can understand the value of documentation (which this video is awesome enough to include) I can see how I can take all the old computer parts laying around my house and purposefully explore some of these concepts. You including that tidbit about the Raspberry Pi at the end is also insightful. I got one during my time in programming class and considered it only useful as a tool to program to. I didn't consider the possibility of using it as experience for an IT career. Thank you so much for your shared wisdom!

[Itcareerquestions]

Are you building a homelab? What does your setup look like? Hit up the LinkedIn thread and add your own photos!

[sowelldonetv]

The first video that explain home labs without over complicating it thank you

[owmahdah]

Man, thank you so much for what you do. I’m a baby sysadmin trying to learn solo during the pandemic, and I can’t tell you how helpful this is. It made things much easier for me to understand.

[bulcub]

AMEN BRO!! What you are telling folks this is the new way to INTERVIEW for those sought after TECH POSITIONS that you may not have worked for/on at previous companies but you took the initiative and spent your money in upgrading your skills at home and then getting that cert!

[antoniokimble]

just fyi to everyone starting their home lab, expect your light bill to go up if you're running multiple computers or even a server(s) so budget it monthly. It's the cost of doing business but I thought I'd mention it, lol.

[passportbro]

This tells me as someone brand new to IT that going to university for a fast track 2 year IT degree is the best thing to do, cant wait to learn the foundations

[terrancepinkney]

Amazing video and great insight on supplementing your experience with lab work. I'm doing just that and have a virtual lab setup and bought a server for only $40.00!! I'm going get a couple more PC's and a switch etc. The link for experience tip is priceless!

Thank you

[stejothepisto]

Just 9 minutes in and I've learned so much already. Really good explanation for so much information. Thanks <3

[Inquire]

"Thank GOD" 🙏🏾 and thank you very much for your sharing, support and time 😉 I am currently updating/upgrading my home-lab 😎🙏🏾😎 GREAT video 👍🏼

[tonyr.]

Thank you so much, studying for CompTIA Network+ exam, (and more, oy), but this really helped and you have great tips!

[TheServerGeek]

Great video.
A simple thing to remember for those just thinking about some advice....then just do it! I've had a home lab "of some sort" for 13+ years. So many ways as shown in this video, and more, to get started. As someone else suggested, $500! Even spread out over 3 months is not a huge investment to get started.

[americancanuck]

This is one if not the best Video I have seen how to set this stuff up. You have just gained another like and a new subscriber. I will definitely be setting this stuff up and trying it out in the next couple weeks!

[michaelross]

Documentation was a great idea. Thanks for that info so much

[mouloud]

Thank you for helping beginners like myself..i just started my college degree in computer science