Webinar
From 195 VMs to 1 Bare Metal Kubernetes Cluster: How Aussie Broadband Eliminated 195 VMs, 1K CPU Cores and 1TB of Memory by Switching to Bare Metal Kubernetes and vCluster
May 28, 2025 | 04:45 PM PDT (UTC-7)
Join us for a Complimentary Live Webinar Sponsored by vCluster
Before adopting vCluster, Aussie Broadband ran Kubernetes clusters on a single-tenant, VM-based architecture in their private cloud. While this provided flexibility, it led to significant inefficiencies and rising costs.
By adopting vCluster, Aussie Broadband eliminated the complexity and high costs of a VM-based Kubernetes architecture, allowing them to consolidate their infrastructure onto a single, high-performance bare-metal cluster.
In this session, Michael Norris, Platform Engineer at Aussie Broadband will discuss their journey from VMs to Bare Metal Kubernetes with Lukas Gentele, CEO LoftLabs (vCluster).
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Speakers
Lukas Gentele, Co-Founder & CEO, LoftLabs
Lukas Gentele is the CEO & Co-Founder of LoftLabs, a venture-backed startup that solved Kubernetes multi-tenancy by introducing a new virtualization technology for running bare-metal CPU and GPU clusters without the need for virtual machines. With his specialization in enterprise software architecture and large-scale distributed systems, Lukas created the vision for LoftLabs to provide Kubernetes native tools and solutions, vCluster and vNode, designed for platform engineers to streamline IT operations, enhance multi-tenancy, and optimize resource management.
Michael Norris, ISP Platform Manager, Aussie Broadband
Michael Norris is an ISP Platform Manager at Australian Telco Aussie Broadband. His background is in platform engineering, with a lot of time spent wrangling Linux servers and building Kubernetes environments—whether bare-metal or virtualized. Michael loves solving tough infrastructure challenges and helping make sure the platforms we rely on are fast, reliable, and ready to scale.