[Cialug] VM Server

[Scott Yates]

Going to go ahead and put my 2c in for ProxMox.  It is VERY easy to set up
and run.  The web gui is clean and speedy, and you can still do the more
advanced operations like moving a live/running image from one machine to
another without even losing a ping.

It's very nice stuff, free, and seems to be very solid.


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> wrote:

> Personally i'd use XenServer. But that's because at work i administer
> several XenServer pools and so am quite familiar with it. The free
> version of XenServer 6.2 has almost full functionality (previous
> versions were artificially restricted to convince people to pay). The
> two things is lacks are that you can't apply patches using the console
> GUI (have to do that on the command line), and you can't call tech
> support and expect a useful response. (Which is *not* meant to imply
> that they will have a useful response even if you have a support
> contract.)
>
> I guess overall i'd have to say use what you are familiar with, unless
> what you are familiar with has deficiencies that bother you and you want
> to try something new. If you want to try something new, i suggest
> looking at XenServer.
>
> On 2014-01-18 at 12:54:49 David Champion wrote:
> > I'm planning to upgrade my co-located server, a good old Dell SC1425
> > I've been running for years, with a Dell PE2950, and run a Virtual
> > Machine server. The VM's will be running Linux.
> >
> > I'm quite familiar with VMWare. I've run VirtualBox on the desktop for
> > testing OS's, and I've just started playing around with KVM. Haven't
> > run Xen.
> >
> > Of all of these, I'm kind of leaning towards KVM at the moment. It
> > seems really easy to set up, and you can manage your vm's from the
> > command line, i.e. I can ssh in from my tablet and restart a VM if
> > something crashes.
> >
> > Anyone have any input on what they'd run for a VM Server?
> >
> > -dc
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