Need an alternative for VMWare ESXI

[shadow_man]

If you're looking for an alternative to VMWare ESXI then I can recommend Proxmox.

I'm testing it currently and it works great. It does OpenVZ / KVM / VMDK (VMWare) virtuallization and the OpenVZ format means a much lighter footprint for Linux VM's due to 1 shared Kernel per VM host and not 1 kernel per VM.

www.proxmox.com

 

[Murlin]

If you're looking for an alternative to VMWare ESXI then I can recommend Proxmox.

I'm testing it currently and it works great. It does OpenVZ / KVM / VMDK (VMWare) virtuallization and the OpenVZ format means a much lighter footprint for Linux VM's due to 1 shared Kernel per VM host and not 1 kernel per VM.

www.proxmox.com

We use Ovirt which is the free version of the REV. We have a few setups of it. The largest is 4 x Dell R720's with dual proc and full of ram. Connected to two fibre SANS. Just remember backup software can be quite tricky. Veeam and Idera has been the best so far in my opinion.

 

[plod]

I preferred XEN server to ESXi