Subj : Re: ESXi on Raspberry Pi hardware...
To   : paulie420
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Tue Oct 20 2020 10:01:48

On 18 Oct 2020, paulie420 said the following...
 
 pa> So this is a new release for Raspberry Pi boards... I am using a Pi 4 w/
 pa> 8gb, but I do believe they released it for other versions of the Pi too.
 pa> 
 pa> ARM is coming, and to the server side too... I'm just giving this a run
 pa> for the experience, really... It is VMWare, runing inside the Pi - I've
 pa> tried Debian, Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu... Windows 10 won't boot, even
 pa> with the 1.2 firmware that allows you to boot into Win10 on a Pi *with
 pa> issues*.
 pa> 
 pa> ESXi works perfectly, is free, and functions as if you installed it on a
 pa> badass server... well, a server with the specs of an RPi 4... :P 
 pa> 
 pa> Anyone interested in this? Just goto VMWare and grab ESXi on ARM for Pi.

This is actually really neat, and I was looking at a few videos about that
too before I make the purchase of said RPi... the ESXi installation is only
for 6 months though, after that you "have" to pay for a license, which is
putting me off. 

On my current hypervisor I run Proxmox VE which is free, unless I want
support or enterprise solutions and then it costs. I thought VMWare did an
offering like that, but everywhere I look since reading your initial message
seems to suggest that ESXi is not free after 6 months use.

Still a very interesting project, and I am wondering if I can get Proxmox on
the RPi, if so... that's what I will get a RPi for. 8GB ram and quad core
should make it a really nice system for hosting containers and virtualising
lots of stuff. Get a couple and one could make a cluster.

Exciting times

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