Thanks guys. Proxmox didn't even come up in my searches. I'll look into it.
If anyone really knows the space and wouldn't mind spending 15 minutes
discussing what we need I would appreciate it.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 10:21 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> VMs are a great way to go depending on the job(s) you need to do. As it
> happens a lot of jobs (e.g. DNS) are not particularly compute intensive, so
> it's a great way to stretch resources. We find we can run 3 or 4 virtual
> machines on each physical machine.
>
> We used VMware from the get-go, but did not get many of the paid-for bells
> and whistles. VMware can become pretty expensive, where other solutions
> (e.g. Proxmox) has an advantage because of open source.
>
> The other consideration is containers, which can be thought of as VM-lite.
> Containers provide almost all of the advantages of VMs with a significantly
> lighter load on the hardware. As a result, you can load up more
> applications on less hardware. The leading contender in the container space
> is Kubernetes and it's also open source.
>
> Pick your poison with someone you know who can go over your requirements.
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> On 9/27/2020 7:27 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
>
> I have decided I needed to get on the VM train. I know, I am only 15 years
> behind. Honestly, till now I haven't had a compelling reason.
>
> I want something that will at least do some monitoring of VM's, backups,
> snapshots, etc. Managed upgrading would be great but not as big a priority
> for me (at least I don't think so).
>
> Since I don't know what I don't know, I am asking the experienced crowd.
>
> It seems the two real choices are VMWare and Zen. Are there others?
> Commercial support seems nice, is it worth paying for? What I will run is
> important for sure.
>
> I spent a few hours last night and I more confused now than when I started.
>
>
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