Subj : Re: Choice of hypervisors
To   : Warpslide
From : tassiebob
Date : Fri Jul 01 2022 21:11:30

 Wa> Have you considered playing with Hyper-V as well?
 Wa> 
 Wa> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-server-2019
 Wa> 
 Wa> I have ESXi on my home lab but we use Hyper-V at work and it's pretty
 Wa> slick,  give it a go if you'd like.  Hyper-V server is free, so no need
 Wa> to worry  about a license key.

Interesting...  I hadn't considered Hyper-V myself as I was under the impression that you needed a full Windows license to run it, but from that link it looks like you can get a stripped down host operating system that just does Hyper-V (a bit like ESX uses a stripped down Linux under the hood).

It looks like most of my hardware would be compatible, although whether it becomes obsolete in a future update would be a concern.  That could happen with Proxmox too, although it's probably less likely.

I might give Hyper-V a run though next time I'm building a new host.  I know your message wasn't really aimed at me - but thanks anyway :-)

Cheers,
Bob.

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