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. Video sponsor: Cameyo Virtual Application Delivery platform. One of the coolest application delivery platforms I have seen: https://cameyo.com/ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1 My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com _____________________________________________________ Social Media: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit 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 My home lab rack of gear: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/home-lab/ Details on my supermicro servers: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2020/06/supermicro-vmware-home-lab/