VMware Community Homelabs
If you wish to submit your VMware homelab build of materials (BOM), please head over to https://www.williamlam.com/homelab. This page will be refreshed periodically based on all valid submissions. Here is a short URL to this page: http://vmwa.re/homelab
Statistics
Total Submissions: 143
Total Platforms: (Intel: 130 AMD: 8 Both: 4)
Most Expensive Homelab: $150,000
Most Frugal HomeLab: $433
Most Average HomeLab without Marc Huppert: $7,249
Most Average HomeLab: $8,248
Last Generated on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 2:46:49 PM
| Submissions Date | Build Date | Submitter | Approximate Cost (USD) | Platform Type | Number of Hosts | Number of Workloads | VMware Products Used | BOM URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/23/2020 | 05/31/2019 | Matt Williams | $8,000 | Intel | 4 | 80 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight, Horizon View | https://blog.virtualprivateer.com/my-homelab/ |
| 01/23/2020 | 07/10/2018 | David Chung | $10,000 | Intel | 4 | 12 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://vcloudone.com/2018/10/sddc-in-a-box-part-1-bom |
| 01/23/2020 | 11/08/2016 | Patrick Kremer | $3,000 | Intel | 2 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | http://www.patrickkremer.com/2016/11/a-new-home-lab/ |
| 01/23/2020 | 08/01/2018 | Frank Recker | $15,000 | Intel | 4 | 45 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation | https://admincafe.de/homelab/1-status-quo |
| 01/23/2020 | 09/15/2015 | Jim Millard | $12,000 | Intel | 3 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Horizon View | http://blog.millard.org/p/home-lab.html |
| 01/23/2020 | 11/27/2019 | Jonathan | $6,000 | Intel | 6 | 30 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View | https://vjonathan.com/2020/01/10/the-home-lab/ |
| 01/23/2020 | 12/15/2019 | Simon Hamilton-Wilkes | $20,000 | Intel | 4 | 30 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, HCX, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication | https://sjhwilkes.blogspot.com/2019/01/homelab-refresh.html |
| 01/23/2020 | 01/01/2019 | Laurens van Duijn | $1,400 | Intel | 2 | 26 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, Horizon View | https://vdr.one/homelab/ |
| 01/23/2020 | 10/05/2016 | Jorge De La Cruz | $5,000 | Intel | 3 | 60 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Site Recovery Manager | https://www.jorgedelacruz.es/2019/04/29/vmware-como-crear-un-cluster-vsan-de-2-nodos-con-un-vsan-witness-appliance/ |
| 01/24/2020 | 12/21/2019 | Karl Widmer | $6,500 | Intel | 3 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://www.driftar.ch/index.php/2019/12/21/new-homelab-hardware-arrived/ |
| 01/24/2020 | 09/20/2019 | Joao Grade | $1,100 | Intel | 1 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation | https://bityou.wordpress.com/2019/09/20/vmwarelab-1-first-thoughts/ |
| 01/24/2020 | 01/12/2019 | Brian Kirkland | $6,400 | Intel | 4 | 73 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, PKS | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12gOf5rqy0ZtqDvfk4eNrV-xocaOVIR5W8WYo4NVOFxE |
| 01/24/2020 | 03/16/2016 | William Lam | $800 | Intel | 1 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2016/03/vsan-6-2-vsphere-6-0-update-2-homelab-on-6th-gen-intel-nuc.html |
| 01/24/2020 | 10/03/2017 | William Lam | $3,000 | Intel | 1 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T | https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2017/10/vmworld-hackathon-hardwaresoftware-bom.html |
| 01/24/2020 | 01/01/2005 | Brian Irvin | $4,000 | Intel | 6 | 12 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | https://www.dropbox.com/s/l7fzwcfmg4u3ts4/brians%20lab%20lom.docx?dl=0 |
| 01/24/2020 | 02/16/2018 | Paul Sundquist | $7,295 | Intel | 3 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, PKS | https://github.com/psundquist/lab/blob/master/Lab%20Bill%20of%20Materials.xlsx |
| 01/25/2020 | 12/30/2014 | Joshua Hart | $62,000 | Intel | 11 | 130 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTBID0BPWWW6Y0zLtucj2t2G6lKubSkgW5z5ATwvFx5Z79Nupufwhhw07oath1GRoN_9GWqSczMugGb/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true |
| 01/25/2020 | 01/04/2010 | Michael White | $10,808 | Intel | 4 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View | https://notesfrommwhite.net/2020/01/25/my-home-lab/ |
| 01/25/2020 | 05/01/2019 | Christian Loerner | $4,900 | Intel | 3 | 2 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX, PKS | https://cloerner.github.io/posts/running_a_homelab_in_2020/ |
| 01/25/2020 | 01/01/2017 | Brad Lay | $40,000 | Both | 11 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Aj5EVni7yCfdl_3_ePXNkN2-_7RgfE7G01tj806XgK0/edit?usp=sharing |
| 01/26/2020 | 10/22/2019 | Cory Barker | $5,580 | Intel | 2 | 30 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | https://captainvops.com/2020/01/26/current-captainvops-homelab-2020/ |
| 01/26/2020 | 12/06/2016 | Paul Braren | $2,600 | Intel | 1 | 8 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vRealize Log Insight | https://TinkerTry.com/my-tinkertry-d-xeon-d-bundle-2-supermicro-superserver-bundle-2-of-joy |
| 01/27/2020 | 01/01/2017 | Cotje | $1,000 | Intel | 2 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View, PKS, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | http://extend.duckdns.org/BOM.txt |
| 01/27/2020 | 12/01/2019 | Trent TeSelle | $1,200 | Intel | 1 | 2 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gyTKfGkufeYhVOFmaES1tx2RR7A_Solqa4jGrzIO6M/edit?usp=sharing |
| 01/28/2020 | 03/26/2018 | Max Abelardo | $4,250 | Intel | 4 | 12 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vSphere Replication, Horizon View | https://communities.vmware.com/people/vmwmax/blog/2020/01/28/the-vsan-nuc-homelab-part-1-the-components |
| 01/28/2020 | 01/28/2020 | Oliver Lis | $5,000 | Intel | 4 | 36 | ESXi, vCenter Server, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication | https://geizhals.de/?cat=WL-1453180 |
| 01/28/2020 | 08/01/2017 | Arron King | $2,500 | Intel | 3 | 8 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication | https://www.cybersylum.com/home-lab/ |
| 01/29/2020 | 01/15/2020 | Matt "vmexplorer" Manicni | $1,200 | Intel | 3 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, vSphere Replication | https://vmexplorer.com/2020/01/27/home-lab-gen-v-the-quest-for-more-cores-part-i-design-considerations/ |
| 01/30/2020 | 01/01/2016 | Abdullah Abdullah | $22,000 | Intel | 4 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View, VIO | http://notes.doodzzz.net/2016/01/20/home-lab-the-cloud-within-part-1/ |
| 01/30/2020 | 10/01/2018 | Brandon Lee | $12,000 | Intel | 4 | 82 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View | https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/home-lab/ |
| 01/30/2020 | 05/01/2019 | Mike Brown | $40,000 | Intel | 3 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight, PKS, VIO | https://www.vcdx71.com/blog/?p=523 |
| 01/30/2020 | 12/01/2018 | Roman Kallen | $5,000 | Intel | 4 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Automation | https://romankallen.ch/homelab/ |
| 02/01/2020 | 11/30/2019 | Geoff Shukin | $3,400 | Intel | 3 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight | https://github.com/netgun/Hello-World/blob/master/HomeLabBOM |
| 02/03/2020 | 10/01/2019 | Benedikt Frenzel | $1,000 | Intel | 1 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T | https://ben-on-vms.com/homelab/ |
| 02/03/2020 | 11/12/2006 | Erik Bussink | $66,600 | Intel | 14 | 100 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX, vSphere Replication, Horizon View, PKS, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | http://www.bussink.ch/ |
| 02/03/2020 | 01/01/2001 | Marc Huppert | $150,000 | Intel | 20 | 500 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, HCX, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View, PKS | https://www.vcdx181.com/actual-state.html |
| 02/04/2020 | 01/01/2019 | James McLeod | $4,500 | Intel | 2 | 60 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View, PKS | https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=4884E9264F2EE2B0!4054&ithint=file%2cdocx&authkey=!AD6wDFn0-Qm2xZ4 |
| 02/04/2020 | 01/28/2019 | HUM | $3,120 | Intel | 3 | 2 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Automation, Horizon View | https://twitter.com/HUM1504/status/1089868644111257600 |
| 02/04/2020 | 08/25/2018 | Gary Flynn | $4,000 | Intel | 3 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation | https://garyflynn.com/technology/vmware/homelab-setup-part-1-intel-nuc/ |
| 02/04/2020 | 08/27/2018 | Joel Sprague | $2,500 | Intel | 3 | 60 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://github.com/joelsprague/homelab/blob/master/README.md |
| 02/04/2020 | 06/11/2014 | Pawel Piotrowski | $13,000 | Intel | 9 | 200 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View | http://virtualvillage.cloud/?page_id=15 |
| 02/04/2020 | 02/01/2019 | Johan van Amersfoort | $16,000 | Intel | 3 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View | https://vhojan.nl/homelab-v1-0/ |
| 02/04/2020 | 03/03/2017 | Tim Carman | $2,600 | Intel | 2 | 30 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Log Insight | https://www.timcarman.net/home-lab/ |
| 02/04/2020 | 01/29/2019 | Chris Samp | $2,900 | Intel | 1 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, PKS | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i5_FReDh4MfcgIeY6Ek0js6LcxS_HGBlTSLKPqjn-vk/edit?usp=sharing |
| 02/05/2020 | 01/01/2020 | Steven Bright | $7,000 | Intel | 4 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication | https://www.stevenbright.com/home-lab/ |
| 02/06/2020 | 09/01/2016 | Manfred "Fred" Hofer | $10,000 | Intel | 6 | 40 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Horizon View | http://www.vbrain.info/homelab-in-2019/ |
| 02/07/2020 | 06/01/2019 | Ivo Beerens | $3,000 | Intel | 2 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, Horizon View | https://www.ivobeerens.nl/2020/02/07/vmware-homelab-build-of-materials-and-configuration/ |
| 02/07/2020 | 11/10/2019 | Chris Bennett | $3,800 | Intel | 5 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight, PKS | https://bennpalaver.blogspot.com/2019/11/homelab-update.html |
| 02/10/2020 | 01/01/2020 | Ariel Sanchez | $4,000 | Intel | 13 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication | https://drive.google.com/open?id=1barOnrg-s9DKi64cNTysQNXv0Fpd5BKk |
| 02/11/2020 | 05/07/2019 | Brett Kennelly | $7,000 | Intel | 2 | 0 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | http://bmanone.com/2020/01/15/vsphere-6-7-home-lab-part-2-vsan-6-7-u3-2-node-hardware/ |
| 02/11/2020 | 06/01/2016 | Matt Villilo | $3,000 | Intel | 3 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight, Horizon View | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hM38iSqE6wFMeTCSsnEyzqb7TkPaU3WmHFR8qeZwSaI/edit?usp=sharing |
| 02/11/2020 | 12/01/2018 | Sean Massey | $10,000 | Intel | 7 | 60 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, Horizon View | https://thevirtualhorizon.com/2020/02/10/the-virtual-horizon-lab-february-2020/ |
| 02/11/2020 | 03/12/2019 | Peter K | $2,750 | Intel | 3 | 7 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations | https://geizhals.de/?cat=WL-1466485 |
| 02/12/2020 | 06/01/2016 | Benjamin Houttuin | $3,000 | Intel | 1 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server | https://tinkertry.com/my-tinkertry-d-xeon-d-bundle-2-supermicro-superserver-bundle-2-of-joy |
| 02/12/2020 | 11/05/2018 | Loh Wei Jun | $4,000 | Intel | 3 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations | https://wjloh.me/homelab/homelab-setup-v1/ |
| 02/12/2020 | 10/10/2015 | Matt Proud | $2,000 | Intel | 1 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, PKS | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZnavHnfptQqIc3k0Rd0wL_0fzfBrK2IuM8zf20jXAKY/edit?usp=sharing |
| 02/12/2020 | 10/15/2019 | Matt Morton | $900 | Intel | 2 | 8 | ESXi, vCenter Server | http://ebbeh.com/homelab.txt |
| 02/14/2020 | 07/19/2019 | Laurens van Duijn ITQ | $4,000 | Intel | 3 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View, PKS, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://itq.nl/the-itq-homelab-v3/ |
| 02/14/2020 | 01/01/2016 | Mischa Buijs | $4,000 | Intel | 2 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vRealize Log Insight | https://be-virtual.net/home-lab/home-lab-2016-current/ |
| 02/14/2020 | 01/01/2018 | Mischa Buijs | $3,000 | Intel | 1 | 30 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, PKS, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://be-virtual.net/home-lab/home-lab-2018-lab-environment/ |
| 02/15/2020 | 12/20/2018 | Eric Fourn | $4,000 | Intel | 3 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations | http://www.vexperience.net/homelab-mise-a-jour/ |
| 02/15/2020 | 02/15/2020 | Eric Shanks | $9,000 | Intel | 3 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Automation, PKS | https://theithollow.com/2020/02/15/2020-home-lab/ |
| 02/15/2020 | 05/31/2018 | Bob Morrison | $1,500 | Intel | 1 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SQ7YtvTspNPQ5VOfcr1paRp49ysZSqnlTK9B14AZ_eI/edit?usp=sharing |
| 02/17/2020 | 02/01/2020 | Roch Norwa | $2,500 | Intel | 1 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View | https://digitalworkspace.blog/2019/02/20/yet-another-home-lab-story/ |
| 02/17/2020 | 05/24/2019 | Kim Bottu | $3,250 | Intel | 1 | 4 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation | http://vmusketeers.com/2019/09/22/homelab-part-2/ |
| 02/17/2020 | 10/01/2019 | Dale McKay | $7,500 | Intel | 3 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AF1RAmCPbpIuoFc&cid=31D72D467887CD11&id=31D72D467887CD11%21269966&parId=31D72D467887CD11%21237843&o=OneUp |
| 02/18/2020 | 02/12/2020 | Stephen D | $1,600 | AMD | 1 | 8 | ESXi, vCenter Server | https://www.reddit.com/r/esxi/comments/f5t7ir/esxi_on_ryzen_9_3900x_asrock_x570m_pro_4/ |
| 02/18/2020 | 12/01/2019 | Frank Hutchinson | $2,350 | AMD | 0 | 1 | ESXi, vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ktwb957olr9uqz/pc%20build.txt?dl=0 |
| 02/19/2020 | 02/01/2020 | Craig Herring | $9,000 | Intel | 6 | 50 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://blog.virtualbean.org/2020/02/my-homelab.html |
| 02/21/2020 | 03/29/2016 | Erik ABLESON | $6,000 | Intel | 9 | 50 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vSphere Replication, Horizon View | https://infrageeks.com/post/2016-03-29.my-new-mobile-lab/ |
| 02/21/2020 | 10/20/2008 | allan trambouze | $5,000 | Both | 4 | 12 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Automation, HCX, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://virtualquebec.blogspot.com/2020/02/home-lab.html |
| 02/28/2020 | 01/01/2016 | Gregory Thompson | $2,500 | Intel | 3 | 32 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vSphere Replication, Horizon View, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | http://gregelectronics.com/home-vlab |
| 03/02/2020 | 01/01/2008 | Stanislav Musil | $11,000 | Intel | 8 | 45 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | http://vpxd.dc5.cz/index.php/2020/03/02/homelab-2020/ |
| 03/05/2020 | 03/05/2020 | Andy Moser | $7,000 | Intel | 6 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, HCX, Horizon View, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://ajmatc.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/homelab2020/ |
| 03/08/2020 | 12/01/2019 | Cédric | $5,500 | Intel | 3 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight | https://vblog.io/vlab-2-0-vsan-nsx-t-10-gigabit-on-se-met-bien/ |
| 03/16/2020 | 06/03/2019 | michael bosshard | $1,400 | Intel | 1 | 8 | ESXi | https://n4n0.ch/homelab_2019.txt |
| 03/18/2020 | 02/02/2020 | Scott Barker | $2,500 | Intel | 3 | 4 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://sbb72.github.io/homelab/ |
| 03/21/2020 | 01/01/2010 | Faisal Abdul Gaffoor | $20,000 | Intel | 11 | 50 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AEue7r8RVcCOwnw&cid=1725E0CC87FDC6DF&id=1725E0CC87FDC6DF%2141667&parId=1725E0CC87FDC6DF%2118878&o=OneUp |
| 03/23/2020 | 12/02/2019 | Mike | $5,000 | Intel | 4 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://www.die-schubis.de/doku.php/vmware:vsan:vsanlab |
| 03/24/2020 | 01/01/2018 | Brad Snurka | $2,930 | Intel | 2 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qiLCaBgFo3u_tFKRSXe-Oo960R4bMGQ7EQAKaXV5M58/edit?usp=sharing |
| 03/29/2020 | 01/06/2019 | Matt Menkowski | $913 | Intel | 1 | 12 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | https://vmscribble.com/esxi/esxi-6-7-bom-hp-prodesk-400-g4-desktop-mini-pc/ |
| 04/04/2020 | 04/04/2018 | Raúl Unzué | $6,000 | Intel | 3 | 35 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View, PKS | https://www.maquinasvirtuales.eu/laboratorio-el-blog-de-negu/ |
| 04/04/2020 | 06/22/2016 | Sam W | $3,500 | Intel | 4 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server | https://relay.sams.haus/haus.lab.bom.txt |
| 04/04/2020 | 03/27/2020 | Alex Kalinin | $500 | Intel | 1 | 7 | ESXi | https://kalinin.uk/2020/03/homelab-in-your-pocket/ |
| 04/04/2020 | 10/27/2017 | Patrik Kernstock | $22,000 | Intel | 6 | 80 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View | https://patrik.kernstock.net/homelab/ |
| 04/06/2020 | 03/28/2020 | Ryan Robb | $4,500 | Intel | 4 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://www.legitvirt.com/2020/03/27/homelab-2020-the-plan-part-1/ |
| 04/11/2020 | 01/01/2019 | Jon Etkins | $1,200 | Intel | 3 | 7 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oqFyhv5M9kPi0GMk20TP_TK7QKadEuPLkQacj3VXWKw/edit?usp=sharing |
| 04/15/2020 | 01/01/2018 | JD Wallace | $5,600 | Intel | 2 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server | https://www.jdwallace.com/post/homelab |
| 04/15/2020 | 01/07/2017 | Fabio Irigoyen | $3,500 | Intel | 3 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, Horizon View | http://www.dusklab.ch |
| 04/17/2020 | 04/16/2020 | Christopher Dooks | $5,000 | AMD | 1 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://www.chrisdooks.com/2020/04/15/homelab-progression-from-supermicro-servers-to-vmware-workstation-to-whitebox-build/ |
| 04/18/2020 | 02/29/2016 | Kyle McDonald | $1,000 | Intel | 3 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Log Insight | https://kylemcdonald.com.au/home-lab/ |
| 04/21/2020 | 04/08/2020 | Henrique Vicente | $1,100 | Intel | 1 | 10 | ESXi | https://henvic.dev/posts/homelab/ |
| 04/21/2020 | 11/10/2019 | Iván GarcÃa | $2,500 | Both | 3 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-V, Horizon View | https://navicloud.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/mini-homelab/ |
| 04/21/2020 | 10/20/2019 | Isuru Wijesinghe | $1,200 | AMD | 0 | 1 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vRealize Log Insight, Site Recovery Manager | https://www.iwadmin.info/2019/12/setup-home-lab-using-desktop-pc.html |
| 04/22/2020 | 08/20/2018 | Paul Braren | $6,000 | Intel | 3 | 30 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Log Insight | https://TinkerTry.com/superservers |
| 05/16/2020 | 02/01/2018 | Sven (@KswttrSvn) | $5,200 | Intel | 3 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1soAQTpcCITcK70gNEk-HStK-Dn51Kaf0yl107Vt2JCI/edit?usp=sharing |
| 06/06/2020 | 05/11/2020 | Mike | $1,500 | Intel | 1 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server | https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/gxqj62/shuttle_xpc_sh370r8_esxi_home_lab/ |
| 07/07/2020 | 05/10/2016 | Abhishek Srivastava | $750 | Intel | 1 | 15 | ESXi | https://www.asrivas.me/blog/upgrading-the-homelab/ |
| 07/11/2020 | 06/12/2020 | Samesh Dhankhar | $2,200 | Intel | 1 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vSphere Replication | https://learningfingers.com/home-lab-for-vmware-based-cloud/ |
| 07/26/2020 | 06/06/2020 | Justin Jahns | $1,330 | AMD | 1 | 3 | ESXi | https://blog.jahnstek.com/2020/07/amd-ryzen-9-3900x-vmware-esxi-70-home.html |
| 08/01/2020 | 08/01/2020 | Pat Burrell | $5,000 | Intel | 4 | 3 | ESXi, vCenter Server | https://coastalcontrol.com/HyperVisor/2020/08/01/my-hypervisor/ |
| 08/21/2020 | 09/01/2020 | Sebastian Brand | $1,500 | Intel | 2 | 1 | ESXi, vCenter Server, Horizon View, PKS | https://1drv.ms/b/s!AvyzPS2wv3s510_L1qmU9rOyU7g4?e=WabW63 |
| 08/22/2020 | 08/15/2020 | Matt Menkowski | $877 | Intel | 1 | 7 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | https://vmscribble.com/esxi/esxi-7-0-dell-optiplex-5070-micro-intel-ethernet-connection-7-i219-v/ |
| 09/17/2020 | 12/31/2017 | Nathan Ambrose Barry | $1,200 | Both | 1 | 30 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication | https://nabarry.com/posts/freedos-for-vcap/ |
| 10/14/2020 | 10/01/2020 | Erik Ableson | $11,000 | Intel | 5 | 50 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T | https://infrageeks.com/post/2020-10-14.mobile-lab-v2-part-1/ |
| 11/14/2020 | 11/07/2020 | Matt Menkowski | $1,058 | Intel | 1 | 17 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-V, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | https://vmscribble.com/esxi/lenovo-ideacentre-mini-5i-01imh05-desktop-esxi-7-0-u1/ |
| 11/29/2020 | 10/29/2019 | Carl Webster | $90,000 | Intel | 6 | 16 | ESXi, vCenter Server, Horizon View | https://carlwebster.com/a-look-inside-websters-lab-and-memories-of-sir-simon-the-keeper-of-websters-lab-october-2020/ |
| 11/29/2020 | 11/24/2020 | Laurens van Duijn | $4,500 | Intel | 6 | 30 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, Horizon View, PKS, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://www.rawworks.nl/home/blog/raw-homelabs/ |
| 12/01/2020 | 05/25/2020 | Tina Krogull | $1,600 | Intel | 3 | 3 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations | https://www.iamonit.de/home-lab-vsphere-home-lab-build-on-intel-nuc/ |
| 12/13/2020 | 11/01/2018 | Michael Rebmann | $2,080 | Intel | 3 | 50 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX, Horizon View | https://www.cloud13.ch/supermicro-home-lab/ |
| 12/13/2020 | 12/01/2020 | Wesley Geelhoed | $4,500 | Intel | 3 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, HCX, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View, PKS, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://wesleygeelhoed.nl/2020/12/13/my-current-homelab-setup/ |
| 12/13/2020 | 10/08/2020 | Dennis Faucher | $700 | Intel | 2 | 2 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | https://photos.app.goo.gl/X5vTDdpGyn47aDWi7 |
| 12/14/2020 | 03/01/2020 | David Bibby | $1,400 | Intel | 4 | 40 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, vRealize Automation | https://gist.github.com/dsbibby/4f9a72e6f7e77c19517593dfad4eb9c0 |
| 01/12/2021 | 12/10/2018 | Michelle Goossens | $6,000 | Intel | 3 | 105 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, Horizon View, PKS | https://blog.masterwayz.nl/my-lab-bill-of-materials/ |
| 01/17/2021 | 01/01/2008 | Stanislav Musil | $12,000 | Intel | 10 | 77 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vSphere Replication | https://vpxd.dc5.cz/index.php/2021/01/17/homelab-2021/ |
| 01/25/2021 | 05/01/2020 | JW | $1,850 | Intel | 3 | 4 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://jw86.medium.com/vmware-vsan-home-lab-part-1-14f101612e60 |
| 02/05/2021 | 11/27/2020 | Alex Ackerman | $4,000 | Intel | 2 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight, Horizon View | https://www.vmhomelab.org/2020/12/homelab-components/ |
| 02/17/2021 | 01/31/2020 | Partheeban Kandasamy | $4,000 | Intel | 5 | 25 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, Horizon View | https://cloudtekki.com/post/homelab-2021/ |
| 02/22/2021 | 02/01/2021 | Nils Kristiansen | $2,500 | Intel | 2 | 0 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T | https://cybernils.net/2021/02/18/introduction-to-my-labs/ |
| 03/06/2021 | 08/15/2020 | Kaliyan Selvaraj | $1,400 | Intel | 2 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Horizon View | http://kaliyansitpro.com/2021/03/06/my-home-lab-specifications/ |
| 03/13/2021 | 03/13/2021 | Derek Seaman | $11,000 | Intel | 1 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation/VMware Validated Design | https://www.derekseaman.com/2021/03/home-lab-mikrotik-ccr2004-and-crs317-configuration.html |
| 03/16/2021 | 12/01/2020 | Rudolf Kleijwegt | $2,000 | Intel | 1 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-V, vRealize Operations | https://vcloudvision.com/2021/03/16/building-a-homelab-part-2/ |
| 04/09/2021 | 11/25/2020 | Maarten Van Driessen | $13,000 | AMD | 4 | 20 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | https://www.brisk-it.net/homelab-2021/ |
| 08/04/2021 | 07/28/2021 | George Terry | $1,250 | Intel | 1 | 15 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-V, NSX-T, Tanzu, VMware Cloud Foundation | https://blog.vmsupport.com/2021/08/04/vmware-homelab/ |
| 08/20/2021 | 10/01/2020 | Manuel Billmaier | $15,000 | Intel | 3 | 40 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View, Tanzu | https://mb-labs.de/homelab-2-0/ |
| 09/08/2021 | 01/01/2016 | Gregory Thompson | $2,500 | Intel | 4 | 32 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vSphere Replication, Horizon View | http://gregelectronics.com/home-vlab |
| 10/04/2021 | 08/01/2021 | Paweł Koc | $3,500 | Intel | 2 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation | https://blanketvm.com/2021/02/05/my-home-lab-part-1/ |
| 11/29/2021 | 03/30/2021 | Sourav Mitra | $3,500 | Intel | 2 | 5 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations | https://www.virtualmystery.info/post/my-homelab-upgrade |
| 03/07/2022 | 08/12/2021 | Richard Walz | $600 | Intel | 1 | 6 | ESXi | https://www.richardwalz.com/vmware-homelab-kit-2021/ |
| 03/08/2022 | 03/01/2022 | Christian Mohn | $15,000 | Intel | 4 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Tanzu | https://vninja.net/homelab/ |
| 03/09/2022 | 09/22/2019 | Michael Schroeder | $12,000 | Intel | 4 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Log Insight, Tanzu | https://www.elasticsky.de/en/2019/08/vsan-homelab-cluster-ep-1/ |
| 03/14/2022 | 07/01/2021 | Tsubasa Nomura | $1,400 | Intel | 1 | 0 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, HCX | https://blog.nomupro.com/entry/2021/07/14/001317 |
| 03/14/2022 | 10/18/2020 | Yamato Sakai | $1,200 | Intel | 2 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, vSphere Replication | https://lab8010.com/my-home-lab-01/ |
| 03/26/2022 | 03/25/2022 | Angry Admin | $2,000 | AMD | 0 | 2 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight | https://angrysysops.com/home-lab/ |
| 03/27/2022 | 12/01/2020 | Carlos Guadalupe | $6,500 | Intel | 3 | 16 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations | https://kit.co/clgz2002/vmware-home-lab-with-intel-nuc |
| 05/09/2022 | 01/01/1996 | Jason Boche | $10,000 | Intel | 2 | 46 | ESXi, vCenter Server, NSX-T, Horizon View | http://www.boche.net/blog/lab/ |
| 05/10/2022 | 06/01/2005 | Jeff Newman | $20,000 | Intel | 9 | 0 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, Horizon View | https://imgur.com/y03YtHu |
| 07/12/2022 | 07/01/2022 | Matt Adam | $4,000 | AMD | 2 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, Tanzu | https://mattadam.com/2022/06/29/home-lab-supermicro-home-lab-components/ |
| 07/31/2022 | 09/01/2021 | Jarrad Cox | $6,000 | Intel | 2 | 10 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, VMware Cloud Foundation | https://gibsonvirt.com/thegibson/ |
| 10/18/2022 | 01/01/2020 | James Kilby | $20,000 | Intel | 4 | 40 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, Horizon View, VMware Cloud Foundation | https://jameskilby.co.uk/lab/ |
| 10/19/2022 | 10/18/2022 | Russell Hamker | $15,000 | Intel | 4 | 200 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX-T, vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Automation, Horizon View, Tanzu, VMware Cloud Foundation | https://twitter.com/butch7903/status/1582749245290860544 |
| 12/26/2022 | 12/26/2022 | Aleksandra Todorovska | $433 | Arm | 3 | 4 | ESXi, vCenter Server | https://medium.com/@aleksandra-todorovska/my-homelab-empire-part-1-f264a1c117d9 |
| 04/05/2023 | 03/30/2023 | Eddie Kwok | $740 | Intel | 1 | 3 | ESXi, vCenter Server, vSAN | https://vexperthk.com/2023/03/31/how-to-build-the-vmware-vsphere-8-home-lab-on-intel-nuc-12-pro/ |