#ESXi

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-02-05

@Viss yeah, #Memenetes and #Docker are worse than manually fiddling with #VM|s in #ESXi and #KVM!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-02-02

@HopelessDemigod well, DM&P does pull off legacy designs in embedded and Industrial with their #Vortex86 series going down to #i486SX.

It's just that there are very few workloads that need absurdly-fast, single-threaded performance* and ain't designed for #POWER9 / #OpenPOWER or #s390x / #zArchitecture mainframes.

  • Like it's cheaper to just get an #embedded multicore with like 4x1,5GHz that maxes out at 15W and can be confogured down to 4W and will be overall more responsive and faster in any other workload.

And the few workloads that ain't multithreaded may be coaxed into it with like #vmware #ESXi mashing together multiple hardware threads into one superfast single thread, but I'd say that the vestigal compatibility of like an i7-6700K should potentially work fine, and worst-case one just setsit up to only use 1C/1T and constantly turbo-boost @ 91W TDP…

2026-01-18

Moved yet another customer from #esxi to #proxmox today including #wireguard vpn tunnel to his new remote backup site aka home with #mikrotik in minutes! \o/

TugaTech 🖥️tugatech@masto.pt
2026-01-09
2026-01-03

Migrated my tax consultant from #esxi to #proxmox with offsite backup via #PoxmoxBackupServer ! Used a temporary Proxmox server to import ESXi-VMs, removed the LSI controller and reused the „old“ hardware! Now we are both happy, feel far more safe & secure and sleep better… Offsite backup is connected by #wireguard and and #mikrotik router. Fast, secure and easy!

2025-12-28

Converted yet another #esxi to #proxmox !

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-12-25

@dragonarchitect @demicus AFAIK they explicitly removed #WiFi from #Proxmox (which is based off #Debian) because they only target #rackmount|able-hardware and consider WiFi & #Bluetooth as mere 'sidechannel attack vectors'

  • One could just get one of those cheap WiFi->Ethernet bridges if wired etherenet cabling isn't an option as a workaround.

Obviously their take makes sense in a #datacenter envoirment (pretty shure #vmware #ESXi and #Microsoft's #HyperV don't do WiFi either!) because homelabbers who can't even afford cheap Gigabit-#Ethernet ain't their customer audience.

  • OFC that is annoying for those who don't have that luxury at hand!
DocYeet :verified:docyeet@halis.io
2025-12-20

I really love Immich, bringing back old memories day by day

This is the first 'server' from circa 2015, at first an ESXi host for various tinkering, nowadays in a better looking box running OpenMediaVault and the data backbone of the home infrastructure

What a journey

#homelab #selfhosted #immich #memories #vmware #esxi #omv #openmediavault #linux #server #nas #hardwaregore

A PC mounted on an old piece of door, strapped and dangling in every direction.

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