# What is a HomeLab and How Do I Get Started?

DevFeed: [What is a HomeLab and How Do I Get Started?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-a-homelab-and-how-do-i-get-started-10706.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/we-are-homelab/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2021-02-21T14:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [Raspberry Pi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/raspberry-pi.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>)

Tags: [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [home-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-lab.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [quick-start](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quick-start.md>), [raspberry-pi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberry-pi.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>)

## AI overview

An introductory guide to homelabs explains that they can be built through virtualization or with hardware such as an old PC, Raspberry Pi, or enterprise servers. It recommends defining goals and workload capacity before choosing an approach.

## Source excerpt

What is a Home Lab and how do you get started? It's easy. You can get started today in a few different ways. You can virtualize your entire home lab or build it on an old PC, a Raspberry Pi, or even some enterprise servers. The choice is really up to you. You'll need to first establish some goals for your homelab to determine capacity for your workloads. After that, the rest is up to you. ...