See, this is why I run proxmox though. Debian host, zfs, PV and hvm, plus just about every feature I need in my environment... With a webUI. Do I have to have the webUI? Absolutely not, but it is efficient for my needs. On Dec 28, 2015 10:29 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is just my opinion: Disregard VMWare and use a Linux based hypervisor > with Xen. You can use either PV (paravirtualized) or HVM (hardware > virtualized) guests on the same hypervisor. > > My typical hypervisor setup is Debian Jessie AMD64 and the latest Xen. > > Xen is what powers Amazon EC2 and a bunch of other services. It has a > learning curve but is very much worth it. Everything is free, whether GPL, > Apache or BSD licensed. > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there a free version of VMWare? What are limitations vs paid? How >> do you manage containers? Does it support software raid? Does it >> have scheduled backup capabilities? How does it compare to Proxmox? >> >> I have a few linux centos servers: directadmin, email, DNS, speedtest, >> mysql database and box running lots of perl scripts to monitor my >> network. Would like to move them all to data center on one box and a >> second box there to shove backups on. >> > >
