Proxmox VE Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Proxmox to virtualize machines that we use for development and for services offered for our clients. We cut costs and reduce deployment time by using virtual machines for ecommerce development.

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe Proxmox can be very useful for replacing jobs usually done by real machines, like deploying web servers, network services, etc. Its also an invaluable tool for companies offering a SaaS, as it permits to easily run different virtual machines with specific network configurations. I don't believe, however, that its well suited to very high demand applications, were a more easily scalable solution (like a cloud service) would work better.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

<div>The product is an open source Virtual Environment Manager that simplifies the task of monitoring and working with multiple virtual machines and containers, it is continually updated and maintained, and has very few problems and bugs.</div><div>It is a tool that it is free to use and that one can purchase technical support with several variants, with prices according to the numbre of events supported.</div>

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We used Proxmox to implement private cloud services, for clusters

of a small number of servers, from 3 to 11 with and without high

availability. Allways with ZFS file systems, and we used to install the

root pool in SSDs mirrored and use other pools with RAID 10 in groups of

four, for the virtual machines and containers, for the backups and snapshots, we used magnetic disks with RAID 10, in groups of four. Do

not use an even number of servers because does not facilitates the

implementation of High Availability, because the corosync service must

have an odd number of servers to detect a failed server for the quorum

system. We used a variety of servers, from clone PCs with AMD Ryzen with 6 cores and 12 threads with 64 GB of RAM no ECC, to high end servers with 64 cores and 128 threads per cpu and 2 cpus per server, with AMD EPYC Rome or Milan, 2 terabytes of RAM ECC.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Proxmox for a long time. I migrated from other payment solutions since none satisfied and justified the relationship between price and productivity. My needs were a good administration of the server resources and to guarantee the continuous operation of my services. The good backup system and the functionality of updated templates as containers are interesting extras. 100% web environment.

Likelihood to Recommend

Proxmox VE is a virtualization platform that provides a range of features and functionalities suitable for various scenarios. Here are some specific scenarios where Proxmox VE is well suited and some scenarios where it might not be the best choice:Well-suited scenarios:Virtualization of server workloads: Proxmox VE is well suited for virtualizing server workloads such as web servers, mail servers, database servers, and other similar applications. Its high-performance virtualization capabilities allow these workloads to run smoothly and efficiently.Hosting multiple virtual machines (VMs): Proxmox VE is ideal for hosting multiple VMs on a single server. It provides efficient resource management, allowing users to easily allocate resources to each VM.Clustered environments: Proxmox VE is a great choice for clustered environments. It supports clustering and can easily manage multiple servers, providing high availability and load balancing for mission-critical applications.

Less appropriate scenarios:

Limited hardware resources: Proxmox VE requires significant hardware resources to run efficiently. If you have limited hardware resources, it might not be the best choice.

Simple applications: If you only need to run a single, simple application, Proxmox VE might be overkill. Other virtualization platforms or even a basic web hosting service might be more appropriate.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Proxmox VE is the best solution to use bare-metal company resources in a cloud way. Proxmox VE let users to have a sort of cloud in house, with API a nice web interface and many automation possibility. Is the must to have solution if you need to run the same software with Proxmox VE locally and on a remote solution (cloud providers, baremetal, vps etc).

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Proxmox VE is a good alternative to the most famous cloud providers. It's the top solution when you want to run applications on your own cloud in your house or on remote servers. If the company has a remote and in-house server with Proxmox VE is possible to use the same code and the same VM on both sites, this is not possible with the standard cloud providers. Proxmox VE is the lead application also when you need total control of the hardware, base system, and all the stuff that are hidden on standard cloud providers.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Proxmox in the test center, it provides an easy and beautiful web console, by using the free management script and the web console, we got an easy-to-use virtual machine management platform. And Proxmox is an open-source software, we had added our sso and hardware management features to it.

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For testing lab and home, PVE does not require a license, with the easy use web interface, easy use firewall, it can run without manager. With the KVM virtual engine, the performance will not degrade than bare. Totally, it is suitable for low cost, easy management environment.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We needed to have a flexible virtualization environment that granted us control over how the virtual machine was presented as well as compatibility with other platforms. This was for our own organization, as well as for our clients, some being financial institutions, schools, and large investments companies. Proxmox has granted us this flexibility while at the same time ensuring we don't have vendor lockin.

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We've been able to deploy Proxmox and easily migrate machines to and from the environment. This has proven invaluable as each of our clients is unique. One great example was when a client had some mishaps with VMWare. The environment became difficult to use due to some licensing issues and we were easily able to export the VMDKs and import them into Proxmox.

Another interesting situation that Proxmox really shines is with integration with snapshot based filesystems (like ZFS). We have ZFS shares with snapshots exported to Proxmox via NFS. When we need to recover an individual file from the VM, rather than needing to copy the entire snapshot back, we can log into Proxmox via SSH and use the CLI to mount the disk from the snapshot. Then we can copy just the data we need out. Because this happens outside of the virtual machine and on a completely separate network, it is protected against ransomware and malicious users. It also is super convenient.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Proxmox is being used in our software development, actually we have VMware but VMware is fully hypervisor that need to install full OS before can build one server, but Proxmox has the container that very good and fast provision the VM quickly, also elastic can scale the resource without turn off the VM. We save a lot of time by using Proxmox for the container.

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I recommend Proxmox virtualization for the development environment for opensource, especially for DevOps company, it's free or paid depending on your budget, but features full functionality and saves time for the developer to create the container, VM for testing the software.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SCALE HC3 in production, and Proxmox VE in the lab - both are Linux KVM virtualization tools and so we can more easily stage and transfer VMS from our lab environment to the production environment without having to re-create virtual disks and instead just moving QCOW2 virtual disks from place to place.

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For the SMB, it's a great tool for production - you can rack and stack two or more nodes and be up and running with a one-node failure tolerance in not time at all. To the medium and large enterprise it is the ultimate lab tool that mixes open standards with great features.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

<div>We use Proxmox VE on our office servers to host virtual machines we use for our business and network operations. It's used across the whole business for a variety of tasks, including:</div><div><ul><li>ZFS data storage.</li><li>Hosting web applications for internal use.

</li><li>Hosting client websites during development.

</li><li>Network administration (DNS, mail relay, log server, etc.).</li><li>Automation of software builds.</li></ul>The main problem Proxmox VE solves for us, is the overall management of the storage, virtualisation, deployment, and networking of our systems. Prior to using Proxmox VE, we had to bring various technologies together and try to coerce it to all play nice. Switching to Proxmox simplified all of this, made it much easier to maintain, and freed up resources to use elsewhere.

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Likelihood to Recommend

From my own experience, I believe Proxmox VE to be very well suited for small businesses that need a virtualisation solution without breaking the bank. You can start off with the free edition and that might very well be all you need. If you do require a paid plan, there are multiple plans to choose from, to suit most budgets. This isn't to say it not's suitable for medium and large businesses, but I have no personal experience of it at that scale.

Organisations with experience of Debian and/or Ubuntu based systems, will feel right at home straight away. The base OS is mostly unchanged from upstream so things generally just work as you'd expect them to.

One scenario that might make you think twice about Proxmox VE, is if you have already standardised on non-ZFS storage, such as hardware RAID. Although I'm sure this can be made to work, Proxmox really shines when used in combination with ZFS.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I required a virtualization environment that was free, easy to set up, was able to cluster, and worked on existing hardware. After trying several other solutions, I decided on Proxmox VE. It is currently being used in a Lab environment to build test servers for training and application development before going into production.

Likelihood to Recommend

Proxmox VE is a great solution, it runs on old desktops and is perfect for setting up a lab and training. There is free support from online forums and articles. I have been running ProxMox VE on three HP Workstations with 32GB ram.

<div>The best features I find are:</div><div>- Templates which allow you to install and configure a VM, then re-deploy based on the template. This feature makes it quick and easy to deploy VM's.</div><div>- Hardware Options, RAM can be configured to a Min &amp; Max value, so will not use 100% if not needed.</div><div>- Free Cluster, and the easy live migration of VM's from one server to another server.</div><div>

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