Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this presentation, we explore the recent challenges in infrastructure management as organizations face rising cloud and VMware costs. Looking to the future of virtualization, we discuss its downsides and how bare metal infrastructure offers a viable alternative.
Learn how you can take back control of your infrastructure, reduce complexity, and cut back on expensive virtualization layers—all while preparing your data center for the demands of AI and heavier workloads. For more information on navigating away from virtualization, check out this article on our blog: rackn.com/2024/05/01/walk-away-from-vmware-multi-vendor-deployment-in-four-practical-steps
This presentation was made for the 2024 All Day DevOps conference.
0:00-0:14 Intro
0:14-4:44 Act I
4:45-8:31 Act II: Provisioning
8:32-11:15 Act II: BMCs/OOBM
11:16-15:23 Act II: UEFI and Secure Boot
15:24-16:10 Act II: Conclusion
16:11-18:10 Act III: New Architecture
18:11-20:32 Act III: Bare Metal Kubernetes
20:33-22:53 Act III: New Bare Metal
22:54-26:18 Act III: New Provisioning
26:19-27:08 Conclusion
#itoperations #baremetal #virtualization #vmware #kubernetes
In this presentation, we explore the recent challenges in infrastructure management as organizations face rising cloud and VMware costs. Looking to the future of virtualization, we discuss its downsides and how bare metal infrastructure offers a viable alternative.
Learn how you can take back control of your infrastructure, reduce complexity, and cut back on expensive virtualization layers—all while preparing your data center for the demands of AI and heavier workloads. For more information on navigating away from virtualization, check out this article on our blog: rackn.com/2024/05/01/walk-away-from-vmware-multi-vendor-deployment-in-four-practical-steps
This presentation was made for the 2024 All Day DevOps conference.
0:00-0:14 Intro
0:14-4:44 Act I
4:45-8:31 Act II: Provisioning
8:32-11:15 Act II: BMCs/OOBM
11:16-15:23 Act II: UEFI and Secure Boot
15:24-16:10 Act II: Conclusion
16:11-18:10 Act III: New Architecture
18:11-20:32 Act III: Bare Metal Kubernetes
20:33-22:53 Act III: New Bare Metal
22:54-26:18 Act III: New Provisioning
26:19-27:08 Conclusion
#itoperations #baremetal #virtualization #vmware #kubernetes
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