In the new Broadcom licensing model, you must license a minimum of 16 cores per socket, then additionally, license every core above that...

I say "VMware" homelab, but obviously this could be any virtualization solution, but I have built this specifically for my VMware learning, so at the moment, that is my primary focus. I started building my first homelab during COVID (around November 2020). Prior to that the only kit i really had at home (other than a laptop) was my Synology NAS which i use for storage. 3 and a half years later, i'm in the process of building the 3rd version of my homelab, and given it takes a