Harvester HCI

Introduction

Why HCI?

No open-source alternatives to...

• vSphere
• Nutanix

Steep learning curve of Kubernetes

• The world is still running on Virtual Machines

Harvester is...

Open-source HCI solution

• VM Lifecycle Management
• VM Live Migration
• VM Backup/Restore
• VM Networking - VLANs
• and more!

Easy to deploy

• ISO
• PXE Boot

Harvester is...

Based on Kubernetes-related technology

• KubeVirt - VM Lifecycle Management
• Longhorn - Highly-Available distributed block storage
• K3OS - Base OS

Harvester Architecture

Harvester Demo