> As you know, trying out new things on production equipment never ends well. That is not my experience. Most of the time it works just fine if researched wel

> As you know, trying out new things on production equipment never ends well. That is not my experience. Most of the time it works just fine if researched well in advance. The problem is just the impact for the few times it does not go well. That's why you have test environments. And test groups in production for the first rollout. My home lab is more to try out the benefits of different options, especially as I work for a huge multinational. Admin rights are split among different teams and sometimes the others don't understand what I need. It's really helpful to have full access to my own lab so I can show them what I need from them and why it works best a certain way. Without access that's hard to figure out.