Virtualization Home Lab Guide

Home Lab setup for Virtualization, Hyper-V, and MCSE studies. Hopefully this video is able to give you a few ideas of how to add to or improve your own home lab!

TechThoughts corresponding blog article:

This was shot and edited by the talented Kenneth Carnes so check him out if you are in need of a project shoot like this:

[Solar_and_Security]

I first came across this video seven years ago, when I was just starting out. I thought to myself, am I sure I want to go down this It popped up in my feed again, and what a difference seven years makes. This time watching through I thought I'd write a comment and say this time I understood everything you were saying, and have a very comparable homelab set up now (with a bit newer gen Dells) Thanks for the video. Hope you're doing well!

[thenetworkingstudy]

This is such a well done video. So many tech videos on youtube are unwatchable garbage. Even if the person speaking is an expert the quality of the editing, shooting, sound, or preparation of the script is often just horrible. I can't commend you enough for such a well done video.

[caseyknolla]

Very articulate, unbiased, informed, and loaded with good suggestions. This is a high quality video that had me nodding at sections I was experienced with and taking notes at sections I'm not. Thanks for the excellent content.

[davidg]

How to homelab properly in cold environments (for folks who have winters and live north).

1. Buy a house with a basement
2. Build your homelab in the basement.
3. Heat rises, since your lab is in the basement, you are doing labs and heating your house.
4. Profit (no really, but maximizing effectiveness and saving money).

[david]

Home Lab? Not even my Workplace has such a powerful array of techy goodness lol. Very well done sir!

[c.wilson]

Way more than what I need but this is probably the best 'intro to homelabs' video that I've seen on YT---good job!!!

[TheTastyMorsel]

This is probably the best video explaining why nobody does on prem anymore. It's all about the cloud today. Seriously though, it's a fantastic way to explore all the options that you'll never have to configure in real life. I've deployed hundreds of data centers for medium to large businesses. What used to take me a month or more, I can now do in a couple of weeks in Azure or AWS, and I don't have to wait for bare metal to ship. Logistics these days are the limiting factor, not IT knowledge. Even the most hardened health care data centers I've deployed use templates that are certified by regulatory agencies.

[roberthatcher]

Nice and thorough. I would strongly recommend moving that wireless section in the rack to the top and away from any metal close by.

[aulbourn]

great video to get people who haven't fully decided on which direction they will take in their tech journey or career, surely made me think.

[mikey-ciud]

the first ever home lab on youtube with real air con!!! good work

[supersamdotcom]

Well Done Video, Awesome Home Lab - I am a 20+ year IT professional and I can tell you that I am extremely So Awesome!

[fatfro]

Great advice. I like how started and ended with the book shelf. Well done sir.

[techguy]

Wow, great video! Detailed, concise and nicely implemented. Couldn't agree more on doing the setup yourself and your own "bookshelf" concept. You don't learn anything on the setup by paying Google to host a temporary vm. You have to watch and maintain, possibly upgrade the setup just like a typical corporate environment. It is a must for true network guys. Kudos to you!

[jmafoko]

man this guy so cool and humble. I subscribed immediately without any prompting.

[一行杂谈]

love this video, this guy really knows what he wants and how to get there.
your setup is elegant. the only thing I  doubt about is the power socket on the wall directly under the aircon.

in most case, aircon will not be leaking water, in most case.

[zezeandjr]

Thx for the straightforward talk, lots of those videos try to promote various approaches and products, I found your insightful and honest.

[kabulkhan]

I build my home-lab based on Dell Precision Workstations, they are very much stable, quiet as well and very powerful. I recently purchased T5810 which can support upto 256GB ram and that will help me to assign enough memories to virtual hosts. Because in virtualization memory is very important than CPU ;), i used to run out of memories but cpu was always available. Good luck guys.

[evelynnveleni]

For those starting out like me, don't give up, most of this stuff is over my head, however with time and persistence we will be at his level. Sending you good vibes 💯💯💯💯💯

[rdsii]

Even now, used Dell power Edge servers offer serious value for some one on a budget. I recreantly purchased a Dell R720XD for $450 US without storage and only had 32 gigs of ram. Since DDR3 ECC is dirt cheap, 192 gigabytes and three surveillance drives later, It purrs like a kitten. Since I'm space constrained where I live, my server rack is in my office next to my desk. The air conditioner is louder than my server rack. So far in the rack I have a 4U 20 bay home built media server, a 4U home built threadripper workstation, and a Dell power edge R720XD running blue iris. I'm currently saving for a R820 to run VM's on. I'm not in the IT field. Playing with servers is just a fun hobby. Switching duties are handled by an Aruba S2500 POE+. It has 4 10gb SFP+ ports and 48 1gb POE+ ports.

[PabloVillaronga]

OMG you are an expert ! thanks for sharing all your tech, love to see all you build ! I did Disaster Recovies in a HP Lorry for 4 years, remind me that times ! Cheers