Hypervisors comparaisons : Proxmox Vs others

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sam

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Does anyone could please fill the following specs for PVE 1.8 in comparaison to other hypervisors ?


Citrix XenServer 5.6.1Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2VMware vSphere 4.1Proxmox 1.8
Bare-metal hypervisor
Yes
YesYesYes
vCPUs per host
512512512512
vCPUs per VM8 Windows / 32 Linux41616
RAM per host512GB1TB1TB1TB
RAM per VM32GB64GB256GB255GB
Memory overcommitmentYesYesYesYes
Page sharingNoNoYesYes
Virtual NICs7 per guest8 synthetic, 4 emulated8 per guest10 per guest
VLAN supportYesYes (but with separate guest config)YesYes
Guest OS supportCentOS, Debian, Red Hat, Suse, WindowsRed Hat, Suse, WindowsRed Hat, WindowsMost x86 operating systems
Live migrationsYesYes (requires Windows Clustering)YesYes
Live storage migrationsNoNo (but can automate with VM suspend)NoYes
Load balancingYesYesYesYes
High availabilityYesYesYes (but not for complete host failure)Yes
Maintenance mode for hostsYesYesYesYes
Templating and cloningYesYesYesYes
Thin provisioned VM disksYesYesYesYes
VM import/exportYesYesYesYes
SnapshotsYesYesYesYes
Remote consoleYesYesYesYes
PXE boot for VMsYesYesYesYes
Shared storageYesYesYesYes
Storage multipathingYesYesYesYes
Shared resource poolsYesYesYesYes
API
YesYesYesYes

Source : http://www.infoworld.com/d/virtuali...rix-microsoft-red-hat-and-vmware-666?page=0,4




Pricing server virtualization
Citrix XenServer$1,000 for Advanced, $2,500 for Enterprise, $5,000 for Platinum; per server pricing, no CPU restrictions.
MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-VWindows Server 2008 R2 Standard starts at $1,029 per server. Datacenter edition starts at $2,999 per CPU. The System Center Server Management Suite Datacenter (SMSD) costs $1,315 per CPU.
Red Hat Enterprise VirtualizationStandard (business hour support): $499 per socket per year. Premium (24x7 support): $749 per socket per year.
VMware vSphere$995 for vSphere Standard (one CPU), $3,495 for Enterprise Plus (one CPU). Support not included.
Proxmox 1.8

Source : http://www.infoworld.com/d/virtuali...rix-microsoft-red-hat-and-vmware-666?page=0,5



Thx

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It would be a good idea if Proxmox had a comparison chart posted on the proxmox website for potential customers to see.
 

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