Making The Case for Open Source Hypervisors with Tom Lawrence! Full 2 Guys Tech Playlist for VMWare Alternatives Connecting With Us --------------------------------------------------- + Hire Us For A Project: + Tom Twitter 🐦 + Our Web Site + Our Forums + Instagram + Facebook + GitHub + Discord Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag --------------------------------------------------- ►👕 AFFILIATES & REFERRAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- Amazon Affiliate Store 🛒 UniFi Affiliate Link 🛒 All Of Our Affiliates that help us out and can get you discounts! 🛒 Gear we use on Kit 🛒 Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at 🛒 ?aff=2 Digital Ocean Offer Code 🛒 HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service 🛒 Protect you privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access 🛒 Patreon 💰 CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Nutanix Overview 2:39 - Major Industry Shifts 7:01 - Hyper-V Insights 11:04 - Open Source Alternatives for Virtualization 17:46 - Choosing Your Lab Environment 20:09 - Proxmox vs XCP-NG Insights 27:43 - Proxmox Ceph Implementation 28:46 - Ceph Cluster Node Requirements 31:17 - Ceph Networking Explained 32:37 - Proxmox Best Practices & Warnings 34:54 - Alternatives to Proxmox 42:43 - CLI Troubleshooting: Proxmox, XCP-ng, VMware 44:40 - Understanding Thin Provisioning & iSCSI 46:00 - LVM Thin Provisioning Explained 49:10 - Managing Snapshots & Storage Issues 53:37 - UI Design Considerations 58:16 - What About Harvester? 59:13 - XCP-NG Networking Compatibility 1:01:14 - Migrating to XCP-NG from VMware 1:05:50 - XCP-NG Backup Solutions 1:08:02 - Veeam Integration with XCP-NG 1:09:26 - Latest on XCP-NG Blog