What do i use for hobbying So i own several systems that can be considered homelab, not all of which are modern.
Network Netgear Gigabit Switch (managed Layer 2), it sucks and am looking for a better switch) Routing through a old load-balancer with OPNSense A Unifi UAP-AC PRO (will be replaced with a Aerohive AC130 ASAP) A Wireless router serving as a wireless bridge (temporary until we finalize the Ethernet connection) Infrastructure The always-on stuff Synology NAS for: Storage (duh!
Why use KVM? Original reason Due to the Big.Little-like architecture of the 12th gen core-CPU’s most other hypervisors (like ESXi and Xen/XCP-NG) cannot use all cores.
Additional reason Because Broadcom are evil Pieces of Shit and bought VMware and are doing everything in their power to just take every dime from VMware’s customers and just fck up their (VMwares) products