I’m going all in on containerization in 2025. What is the state of container vs VM in 2025? Take a look at a few of the advantages of containers vs VM and also how it is making the focus on hypervisors more and more irrelevant. We look at running a Kubernetes cluster across Proxmox and ESXi hosts to prove the point. Do you need to get rid of your hypervisor though? Let’s find out.
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Introduction – 0:00
VMware vs Broadcom setting the stage: 0:40
Why focus on hypervisor and VMs less critical – 1:11
Containerized technologies becoming more the standard – 1:53
Can be run anywhere – 2:14
Looking at K3s node running in Proxmox and in ESXi – 2:30
Containers don’t care about the hypervisor – 3:50
Containers are easy to move – 4:25
Illustrating the point of pulling containers – 4:39
Refactoring between different hypervisors with virtual machines – 5:58
Cutting costs using open source hypervisors running containers – 6:43
Containers allow you to much more easily spin up new apps – 7:11
Automation is much better with containers and Kubernetes – 8:30
Cross platform and environments – 8:51
DevOps much better and almost require containerization – 9:19
Should you rip out your hypervisor? 9:34
How do you start? 10:13
Experiment with docker and standalone hosts – 10:29
Pi-hole might be a good project as an example to start with – 10:40
Setup a Kubernetes cluster or single-node cluster – 11:00
Run containers on different platforms and move them around – 11:22
Integrate DevOps tools with containerization – 11:39
I have seen a significant reduction in resources in home lab with containers – 12:04
Wrapping up the discussion on container vs VM in 2025 – 12:35
