KubeVirt has been gaining traction as a way to bring virtual machines into the Kubernetes ecosystem. For teams managing both cloud-native applications and legacy workloads, it offers a unified approach that makes a lot of sense on paper. In practice, the shift from traditional type 1 hypervisors introduces a different set of tradeoffs. Real-world experience has surfaced some common themes. There’s clear momentum, and it opens up new architectural possibilities. At the same time, certain areas still feel less mature or harder to manage day to day, including dynamic resource scheduling, UI usability, and storage capabilities such as change block tracking. This session looks at those gaps through a practical lens and how Red Hat OpenShift and Veeam Kasten can simplify and de-risk the transformation from traditional virtualization to modern virtualization.
