Hi!
I'm doing some research on what virtualization software to use for a larger hobby project. Our goal is to have 10+ C6100 machines running a hypervisor and quite many VMs.
Until now we have exclusively used esxi (both free and trials, including vCenter). However, since xenserver (including xenCenter) now changed their licensing model and seems to include an awesome set of things for free we are thinking about choosing citrix in favor of vmware.
These are my (hopefully) simple questions,
Thanks!
I'm doing some research on what virtualization software to use for a larger hobby project. Our goal is to have 10+ C6100 machines running a hypervisor and quite many VMs.
Until now we have exclusively used esxi (both free and trials, including vCenter). However, since xenserver (including xenCenter) now changed their licensing model and seems to include an awesome set of things for free we are thinking about choosing citrix in favor of vmware.
These are my (hopefully) simple questions,
- My primary concern is if xenserver+xenCenter truly is free? According to this page it now has a per socket/cpu licensing. Could you clarify if its free or not for our intended usage?
- This is probably really hard to answer, but what pros and cons does the xenserver+xenCenter alternative have vs esxi+vCenter. Any recommendations on the two routes for our project (which does have a tight budget) would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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