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https://lawrence.video/ --- Thanks to Meter for sponsoring this video! Go to https://lawrence.video/meter to book a demo now! --- With Broadcom fundamentally changing the VMware licensing landscape, businesses are searching for a stable, open-source exit strategy. In this video, we move past the technical deep-dives to look at Proxmox and XCP-ng from a strictly business perspective. Deep-Dive Technical Comparison Forum Post & Video: https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/t/proxmox-vs-xcp-ng-2026-comparison/26421 Vates Support & Pricing: https://vates.tech/en/pricing-and-support/ Proxmox Subscription Tiers: https://shop.proxmox.com/index.php?rp=/store/proxmox-ve-standard Connect With Us --------------------------------------------------- + Hire Us for a project: https://lawrencesystems.com/hire-us/ + Toms' Twitter 🐦 https://twitter.com/TomLawrenceTech + Our Website https://www.lawrencesystems.com/ + Our Forums https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/ + Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lawrencesystems/ + Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lawrencesystems/ + GitHub https://github.com/lawrencesystems/ Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag --------------------------------------------------- ►👕 https://lawrence.video/swag/ AFFILIATES & REFERRAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- Amazon Affiliate Store 🛒 https://www.amazon.com/shop/lawrencesystemspcpickup UniFi Affiliate Link 🛒 https://lawrence.video/unifi-affiliate All Of Our Affiliates help us out and can get you discounts! 🛒 https://lawrencesystems.com/partners-we-love/ Gear we use on Kit 🛒 https://kit.co/lawrencesystems Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at 🛒 https://www.techsupplydirect.com?aff=2 Digital Ocean Offer Code 🛒 https://m.do.co/c/85de8d181725 HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service 🛒 https://hostifi.net/?via=lawrencesystems Protect your privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access 🛒 https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/LRNSYS Patreon 💰 https://www.patreon.com/lawrencesystems Timestamps: 00:00 - The VMware "Broadcom" Problem 01:26 Mitigating Risk With Open Source 01:48 Why Not Others Like OpenShift? 02:12 The Homelab Advantage 02:50 The Veeam Factor: Validation for Open Source 03:21 TCO and The Power of Integration 04:46 Support & SLAs

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With Broadcom fundamentally changing the VMware licensing landscape, businesses are searching for a stable, open-source exit strategy. In this video, we move past the technical deep-dives to look at Proxmox and XCP-ng from a strictly business perspective.

Deep-Dive Technical Comparison Forum Post & Video: https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/t/proxmox-vs-xcp-ng-2026-comparison/26421

Vates Support & Pricing: https://vates.tech/en/pricing-and-support/

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Timestamps:
00:00 - The VMware "Broadcom" Problem
01:26 Mitigating Risk With Open Source
01:48 Why Not Others Like OpenShift?
02:12 The Homelab Advantage
02:50 The Veeam Factor: Validation for Open Source
03:21 TCO and The Power of Integration
04:46 Support & SLAs

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The VMware Exit Strategy: Proxmox vs. XCP-ng in 2026

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https://lawrence.video/proxmox Forum Post https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/t/when-you-should-and-should-not-use-docker-in-proxmox-lxc/26607 Should you run Docker in a Proxmox LXC container or a Virtual Machine? In this video, we move past the generic 'it depends' answer and look at the actual architectural requirements for Docker on Proxmox 9.1 Previous video covering LXC, Docker, and VM's https://youtu.be/RB4ZEZ3I3tA?si=N35HnQnm-qlOPeWD Connect With Us --------------------------------------------------- + Hire Us for a project: https://lawrencesystems.com/hire-us/ + Toms' Twitter 🐦 https://twitter.com/TomLawrenceTech + Our Website https://www.lawrencesystems.com/ + Our Forums https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/ + Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lawrencesystems/ + Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lawrencesystems/ + GitHub https://github.com/lawrencesystems/ Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag --------------------------------------------------- ►👕 https://lawrence.video/swag/ AFFILIATES & REFERRAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- Amazon Affiliate Store 🛒 https://www.amazon.com/shop/lawrencesystemspcpickup UniFi Affiliate Link 🛒 https://lawrence.video/unifi-affiliate All Of Our Affiliates help us out and can get you discounts! 🛒 https://lawrencesystems.com/partners-we-love/ Gear we use on Kit 🛒 https://kit.co/lawrencesystems Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at 🛒 https://www.techsupplydirect.com?aff=2 Digital Ocean Offer Code 🛒 https://m.do.co/c/85de8d181725 HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service 🛒 https://hostifi.net/?via=lawrencesystems Protect your privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access 🛒 https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/LRNSYS Patreon 💰 https://www.patreon.com/lawrencesystems Chapters 00:00 Running Docker in LXC 00:30 VM VS LXC Resource Usage 02:23 Isolation and Stability 03:30 Live Migration 04:08 Storage Mounting 05:30 Resource Usage 06:22 ZFS Optimization 08:11 When to choose LXC VS VM for Docker

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Should you run Docker in a Proxmox LXC container or a Virtual Machine? In this video, we move past the generic 'it depends' answer and look at the actual architectural requirements for Docker on Proxmox 9.1

Previous video covering LXC, Docker, and VM's
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Chapters
00:00 Running Docker in LXC
00:30 VM VS LXC Resource Usage
02:23 Isolation and Stability
03:30 Live Migration
04:08 Storage Mounting
05:30 Resource Usage
06:22 ZFS Optimization
08:11 When to choose LXC VS VM for Docker

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Should You Run Docker in LXC on Proxmox 9?

Lawrence Systems March 19, 2026 1:07 pm

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