Subj : ESXi
To   : paulie420
From : Accession
Date : Wed Nov 05 2025 05:30 pm

Hey paulie420!

On Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:56:14 -0800, you wrote:

 > OMG. So they made it free again, but made it so you had to be on
 > CORPORATE prod hardware??? Great... at this point, just install PVE and
 > PBS and move on - Proxmox is the shyyyyttttt!

I don't think they "made it" that way, it has always dropped support for older hardware at certain versions. I just didn't know about that until now because I installed ESXi 6.5 some 12+ years ago now, and never felt the need to upgrade until I saw an announcement that it was free again. :)

Either way, I agree. I have Proxmox running in a Virtualbox VM just to mess around with for now so I'm not a deer in headlights when I get some new hardware and actually put it to work. I will be making the switch, I just don't know when. There's no need to change anything on my current server as by now it's old and fragile. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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