Thanks to my obsession with DIY projects and server experiments, I’ve tinkered with all sorts of virtualization platforms, container runtimes, and hypervisors over the years. These range from popular ...

I'm putting together some specs for a new server and am finding it requires a lot of thought and review to get things "perfect" if there is such a goal... The budget is $14K CDN for new server ...

This morning I made a seriously bone headed move. I've got a project that I have been intermittently working on for the better part of a week. I wrapped the project up this morning, and while removing ...

Timing is everything, and Microsoft's plans for a major update to Hyper-V, coupled with recent unpopular changes to VMware, could work to Microsoft's advantage. By most accounts, VMware remains the ...

As a home labber with several years under my belt, I’ve tried all sorts of virtualization platforms, container runtimes, and hypervisors across different OS families. These days, I rely on Proxmox for ...

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...

We currently use WDS for new Windows image deployment (and server rebuilds), targeting bare metal (mostly UCS) and HyperV (no SCVMM). If I'm building multiple servers, it can be a little annoying, we ...

Hyper-V automatically optimizes NUMA placement, reducing manual tuning needs in virtual machine deployments. Adding virtual processors only helps when CPU bottlenecks exist and workloads can use them.