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)

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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

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

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.