Subj : Re: ESXi Alternatives
To   : paulie420
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Jun 05 2023 07:22:00

-=> paulie420 wrote to niter3 <=-

 ni> I'm considering moving off of ESXi for home to XCP-NG.
 ni>
 ni> I understand Proxmox seems to be the clear popular alternative, but it
 ni> also appears to require more baby sitting. Is this true?

 pa> I prefer Proxmox in every way. Well... I suppose I shouldn't make that
 pa> super blankey statement - as a lot of things are the same. I don't do a
 pa> lof of babysitting AT ALL, w/ PVE.


Ditto here. I support ESXi and Nutanix CE at work, but wanted to run on
marginal hardware that neither supported. If it supports Debian and
Virtualization, it'll support Proxmox.

I'm running a Docker host, the BBS, a PiHole LXC container, and a test
AD environment with a Windows 10 client and Windows 2019 server and
haven't had to baby-site the underlying hypervisor at all. Once in a
while I run the updater from the GUI and that's it.

 pa> In fact, PVE [Proxmox] runs all my production VMs without fail and its
 pa> counterpart, PBS [Proxmox Backup Server] handles all the off-site
 pa> backups. Set it up and forget it...

 pa> With the ability to add nodes to a PVE cluster, Proxmox begins to show
 pa> why its the choice for corporations, schools and productions that use
 pa> it to run all their machines - I think you'd like Proxmox if you give
 pa> it a whirl. I rely on it.

 a 3-node Proxmox cluster with ZFS and CEPH would be an attractive
 corporate solution. Support is available at a cost, as well.

 I have one Optiplex 3050 with a 1tb NVMe drive, I'm tempted to get 2
 more and do just the same.




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