Home lab server nested virtualization, containers, virtual machines, cloud, licensing
A home lab Q&A session talking about questions I have had regarding home lab environments. Questions like how to get started, what hypervisor to use, containers or virtual machines, and other topics of interest.
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Introduction to Homelab Q&A - 0:00
Transitioning to a dedicated environment - 2:15
Thin client options - 2:43
What did I start with? - 3:07
Moving to dedicated server-class hardware - 3:31
Nested virtualization - 3:48
What nested virtualization is and what it does - 4:05
Saving on hardware investment - 4:38
Using snapshots with nested virtualzation - 4:52
I am still using nested virtualization - 5:32
More efficiently using your server hardware - 6:10
What is the best hypervisor to use? - 6:18
Free and open source? - 6:52
Why I run vSphere - 7:03
VMUG Advantage a great value - 7:38
Hypervisor you choose is up to you - 8:15
Any hypervisor allows you to learn - 8:20
Virtual machines or containers? - 9:00
VMs an containers serve different purposes - 9:12
Containers and Virtual machines are complimentary technologies - 10:00
What applications are better suited for containers? - 10:51
Examples of user cases for containers - 11:10
VM use cases - 11:40
Containers allow you to make more efficient use of your lab hardware - 11:57
Should you use the cloud along with your home lab? - 12:37
Licensing - 14:38
Microsoft Evaluation Center - 14:47
VMUG for vSphere licensing - 15:22
Proxmox free and open source hypervisor - 15:39
Windows Pro and above licensing for Hyper-V - 15:45
Wrapping up the Home Lab Q&A - 16:06
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