Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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As we deal with the death of the VMware ESXi free edition, in this video we look at the best free hypervisor solutions now that VMware ESXi free edition is dead.

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virtualizationhowto.com/2024/02/best-free-hypervisors-now-that-vmware-esxi-free-edition-is-dead

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Introduction - 0:00
Nutanix Community Edition - 1:27
Nutanix Move Utility - 2:03
Why have an enterprise solution on the list? 3:14
Proxmox VE - 3:51
Proxmox Backup Server - 5:42
XCP-ng - 6:00
Xen Orchestra - 6:38
Xen Orchestra built-in migration from VMware - 7:26
Xen Orchstra built-in backups - 8:00
KubeVirt - 8:15
Rancher Harvester - 8:25
Possible challenges with KubeVirt - 8:58
Vanilla KVM - 9:47
Wrapping up thoughts - 11:16

Configuring Proxmox SDN step-by-step:
virtualizationhowto.com/2024/03/proxmox-sdn-configuration-step-by-step

Setting up GitLab, Runner, and Container Registry in the Home Lab:
virtualizationhowto.com/2024/03/installing-gitlab-runner-and-container-registry-on-your-home-server