You're probably still paying for a VMware licence you no longer need
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Organizations running Kubernetes on top of VMware are paying for a hypervisor layer that no longer serves a purpose. Running Kubernetes directly on bare metal eliminates this cost, and for workloads that still need VMs, options like KubeVirt (VMs inside Kubernetes) or open-source Proxmox can replace VMware without proprietary licensing. A full VMware exit can take 18–48 months, but cost reduction starts immediately by migrating containerized workloads first and stopping new deployments on VMware. Giant Swarm offers a managed, open-source Kubernetes platform supporting bare metal and Proxmox, already in production at enterprises like Adidas and Vodafone.
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The hypervisor taxThere's a more rational architectureWhat about those big servers?Open source, all the way downFrom a year-long project to weeksSort: