Subj : Proxmox -> ESXi or Hyper-V
To   : Warpslide
From : Accession
Date : Thu May 22 2025 06:54 pm

Hey Warpslide!

On Thu, 22 May 2025 11:14:20 -0400, you wrote:

 > It looks like ESXi has a free version again, so considering going back
 > to that as it ran fine for years without any issues.  I also have a
 > Windows Server 2019 license (which might also work to activate Server
 > 2022) that I could use to run Hyper-V instead.

You may want to read up on what this free version offers now. I don't think it's anything like ESXi was, to be honest.

 > Does anyone have any thoughts?

XCP-ng is another option. While it doesn't support containers, I'm sure it's great at running VMs. One thing I liked about XCP-ng over Proxmox was that it had a web interface as well as a console interface (rather than just a login prompt and a bunch of manual commands).

If you have a different machine (like a desktop where you can run Virtualbox on it), you can spin up any hypervisor you want to test out, and make your next decision based on something /you/ like, rather than something you were told to like. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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