Categories
Virtualization
Consolidate workloads with Proxmox, VMware and other hypervisors. Learn when to use a VM versus a container, and how to manage snapshots and backups.
Comparisons
Proxmox VE · VMware ESXi
Proxmox vs VMware
Proxmox VE vs VMware ESXi for the homelab: cost, licensing, features, containers and which hypervisor to choose.
Software
Glossary
Virtual Machine(VM)
A software-based computer that runs its own operating system on top of physical hardware via a hypervisor.
Hypervisor
Software that creates and manages virtual machines by allocating physical resources between them.
LXC(Linux Containers)
Lightweight system containers that behave like a small VM but share the host kernel.
KVM(Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
The Linux virtualization technology that runs full virtual machines with near-native performance.