ESXi for Free: Pros & Cons
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Most admins know that VMware offers Free and Evaluation versions of their hypervisor. However, there are still some nuances that explain why people would actually buy ESXi.
Read the article by Kevin Soltow, a Storage Consultant, to learn more about free ESXi editions.
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Isn't the short answer to the article that ESXi simply has an extremely limited feature set if using the free edition. I believe the Eval edition is restricted but to a lesser extent and for a specific duration before it shuts down.
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@Oksana said in ESXi for Free: Pros & Cons:
Most admins know that VMware offers Free and Evaluation versions of their hypervisor. However, there are still some nuances that explain why people would actually buy ESXi.
And then they realize that htey should have been on KVM because even paid ESXi isn't up to par.
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@scottalanmiller I will be glad when this month is over as we're decomissioning our "free" ESXI server and going to absolutely nothing (yea cloud!!)
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@jt1001001 said in ESXi for Free: Pros & Cons:
I will be glad when this month is over as we're decomissioning our "free" ESXI server and going to absolutely nothing (yea cloud!!)
REad: KVM
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@scottalanmiller SAM do you have anything you have written before to compare KVM to other hypervisors like VMware perhaps?
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@jt1001001 Proxmox is the way to go. I have one Proxmox machine and it work fabulous.
