I'm looking to build a single ESXi server (Free Edition for now) for home lab usage. I know the basics of what I'll be getting (Quad-core Ivy Bridge or Haswell / 32GB mem / quad-port NIC), but storage ...

In the current virtualization landscape and the foreseeable future, free offerings continue to make legitimate claims to datacenters of all sizes. I want to focus on the free version of VMware ESXi in ...

For organizations considering ESXi for mainstream hypervisor usage, one important consideration is disk partitioning. One of my peers in the industry, Jason Boche (rhymes with hockey) states it best ...

I touched on this a few months back, but getting closer to actually moving ahead with it at long last. At home, I currently run a ZFS storage array (Box A) as a guest on an ESX host. I've now acquired ...

Although there is an option to manually migrate or import VMs from VMware ESXi to Proxmox, we will not discuss it in this post. We will demonstrate how to use Proxmox’s Built-in Import Wizard to ...

How to install VMware’s ESXi hypervisor on bare-metal hardware Your email has been sent This walk-through will show you how to install VMware's ESXi hypervisor on ...

In a significant development for hybrid cloud storage solutions, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced support for Nutanix’s AHV hypervisor, marking a pivotal moment for businesses seeking robust ...

Backing up your VMware ESXi host configuration is critical for disaster recovery. If hardware fails or settings are accidentally changed, a backup allows you to quickly restore the host to its ...