the reason I asked is that I am currently in the process of choosing what to do with my home server.
I am running OMV as OS right now, but OMV + Vbox is not as stable as I would like.
so I want to get a good solid HV and run OMV on it.
Biggest issue is any Hypervisor I try does not have a good disk management in it.
I want a nice UI, preferably WebUI, to manage the VMs and local system.
I only have one server so it has to pull double duty, a VM server and File server
I have 2x120GB SSD for OS
and a mix of 1TB,2TB,3TB drives for data
my plan is to run OS on raid-1 SSDs for stability and uptime.
and share out the data drives for all VM and real PC clients using NFS and SAMBA.
so far I have checked out several and can not decide what would be the best option.
#1. I played with Proxmox.
nice and easy, but no local resource management. have to use CLI or install WebMin
and manage the data disks in WebMin.
OR pass through the data disk to OMV VM either as raw disks or PCI whole controller.
#2. ESXi 6 free, nice free webUI, however same as above but passthrough is mandatory as ESXi simply can not give me options of on host management as Proxmox does.
#3. XenServer 7 . similar to ESXi but e bit complicated to manage. as needs a windows PC for vCenter.
xen orchestra is a nice try but simply can not figure out how to set it up so it works.
also no passthrough support.
so still can not decide what to do.
I guess Xen is out as I might need passthrough support.
but what is better ESXi or Proxmox for Free versions I astil debate
I am running OMV as OS right now, but OMV + Vbox is not as stable as I would like.
so I want to get a good solid HV and run OMV on it.
Biggest issue is any Hypervisor I try does not have a good disk management in it.
I want a nice UI, preferably WebUI, to manage the VMs and local system.
I only have one server so it has to pull double duty, a VM server and File server
I have 2x120GB SSD for OS
and a mix of 1TB,2TB,3TB drives for data
my plan is to run OS on raid-1 SSDs for stability and uptime.
and share out the data drives for all VM and real PC clients using NFS and SAMBA.
so far I have checked out several and can not decide what would be the best option.
#1. I played with Proxmox.
nice and easy, but no local resource management. have to use CLI or install WebMin
and manage the data disks in WebMin.
OR pass through the data disk to OMV VM either as raw disks or PCI whole controller.
#2. ESXi 6 free, nice free webUI, however same as above but passthrough is mandatory as ESXi simply can not give me options of on host management as Proxmox does.
#3. XenServer 7 . similar to ESXi but e bit complicated to manage. as needs a windows PC for vCenter.
xen orchestra is a nice try but simply can not figure out how to set it up so it works.
also no passthrough support.
so still can not decide what to do.
I guess Xen is out as I might need passthrough support.
but what is better ESXi or Proxmox for Free versions I astil debate