HomeLab Personal Virtualization Lab: A Robust & Diverse Environment

Company: JT Business | ICT self-employed
Project URL: https://www.vmware.com/

"I maintain and manage a sophisticated personal virtualization lab infrastructure centered around VMware vSphere (version 7), demonstrating hands-on expertise with enterprise-grade virtualization. This robust setup comprises:

  • Two ESXi servers – a versatile HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus and a high-performance Apple MacMini – both seamlessly integrated and managed via vCenter 7. This diverse hardware foundation showcases my ability to work with varied platforms within a unified virtualization ecosystem.
  • Shared storage is provided by a NAS, connected as a LUN to vSphere, serving as the primary datastore for all virtual machines and ensuring centralized, high-performance storage.
  • The entire environment is underpinned by a reliable 24-port Gigabit HP Manageable Switch, ensuring optimized network connectivity and segmentation. For remote management and troubleshooting of the HP server, I leverage HP iLO (Integrated Lights-Out).

Within this comprehensive virtualized environment, I actively deploy and run multiple virtualized operating systems and complex solutions, as further elaborated in my various projects (e.g., Docker on VM, Zabbix Monitor VM, Home Assistant VM, MeshCentral VM, OpenVPN VM). This lab serves as a testament to my practical skills in building, optimizing, and maintaining highly available and diverse virtual infrastructures."