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The word is spreading! Our Platform9 Private Cloud Director Community Edition is creating a buzz, and we're thrilled to see the community embrace this free, full-featured private cloud solution!

A big thank you to Eric Wright for this great article highlighting the Community Edition and its impact!

Experience the power of a modern private cloud on your own hardware – it's free, full-featured, and built for everyone from homelabbers to seasoned vAdmins. https://lnkd.in/gYv8vP_h

Feeling in urgent need of a VMware off-ramp after their latest actions? Read our open letter to customers on how Platform9 promises made are promises kept and why Private Cloud Director is the obvious choice for .

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Embrace a modern private cloud ⛅ with Platform9.

As organizations look to regain control over costs and performance, the private cloud is evolving — not as a step backward, but as an evolved, cloud-like experience on your own terms.

Our latest blog post explores the core features required for a truly modern private cloud, and why organizations benefit by maintaining a private cloud.

✅ Ease of deployment and management
✅ Dynamic Resource Rebalancing (DRR)
✅ High Availability (HA) and fault tolerance
✅ Live VM migration (with storage)
✅ Software Defined Networking (SDN)
✅ Enterprise-grade security and IAM
✅ Open, extensible architecture

If you’re building a platform for today’s demanding workloads — including AI/ML — this is a must-read.

📖 Full blog here: https://lnkd.in/gUVnTq9n

Thinking about building your own private cloud — but not sure where to start?

Our latest blog by Pushkar Mulay is the Beginner’s Guide to Private Cloud Director Community Edition — a step-by-step walkthrough designed for cloud builders, home lab tinkerers, and IT teams evaluating private cloud solutions.

Why explore the Community Edition?

🔹 Try out Platform9’s PCD with zero licensing friction

🔹 Perfect for home labs and low-cost test environments

🔹 Hands-on learning with real infrastructure

🔹 No need to rip and replace existing setups

Learn how to deploy the Community Edition on a bare-metal host, onboard a hypervisor, and get your cloud up and running — all with clear steps and hardware tips.

Read full blog here:

Beginner’s Guide to Private Cloud Director Community Edition Hey everyone! 👋 So, you’re curious about setting up your own little cloud haven? I’ve got you covered with this simple guide to getting started with Private Cloud Director Community Edition. Think of it as your friendly “let’s build something cool together” walkthrough. What’s Communi...