Comment on Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software
scops@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Well shit. ESXi was the best way to build a home lab when studying for the professional certifications I need.
Check out XCP-ng. Open source, enterprise grade bare metal hypervisor.
I moved from ESXi to it about a year ago, it’s been solid. Lots of documentation and support from the community. Lawrence Systems has a ton of great videos on configuring it, both simple and advanced.
Which enterprise is using XCP-ng?
Large portions of IBM, Rackspace, Alibaba, Oracle, and AWS’s cloud infrastructure is powered by the Xen Project hypervisor, which is the core of the XCP-ng stack.
crazyminner@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Proxmox?
fjordbasa@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Proxmox is a good option for home labs (in my opinion) but it sucks if your workplace utilizes VMWare (or a product limited to VMWare) and you want practice at home
scops@reddthat.com 7 months ago
I haven’t worked with it before. The product is only supported on VMWare hypervisors, so no matter what, I’ll have to build on an unsupported setup, but I was leaning towards KVM for familiarity. I will make sure to check Proxmox out too though.