7 guides
Comparing VMware alternatives after the Broadcom changes: Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, XCP-ng, and Nutanix AHV. A neutral guide to pick the right hypervisor for your size.
Thin, thick lazy zeroed, or thick eager zeroed? Compare the three VMware disk formats, how each affects performance and capacity, and when to pick which.
Hyper-V stealing VT-x from VirtualBox or VMware? Disable the Hyper-V role, Memory Integrity, and the hypervisor with bcdedit so your VMs run at full native speed.
Confused by ESXi, vSphere, and vCenter? Here's what each one actually is, how they fit together, and when you need vCenter versus a standalone ESXi host.
Back up ESXi VMs the right way: why free ESXi blocks most backup tools, how snapshot-based backups work, ghettoVCB and OVF export, and why snapshots aren't backups.
Move VMware VMs to Proxmox: export OVF/VMDK, import with qm importovf and importdisk, convert VMDK to qcow2, fix VirtIO drivers, and boot the migrated guest.
How VMware snapshots and delta disks really work, why they grow and slow your VMs, the 72-hour rule, and why a snapshot is not a backup. Practical guidance.