Cluster

[maier1234]

Hi there,

I am just evaluating the proxmox ha cluster with 3 nodes, currently we are testing with vmware server/proxmox trial license. all our guys are quite impressed about how easy the deployment was - in just 5 minutes the cluster was setup.

in production we want to run the ha cluster on vmware esx or maybe on openvz because it looks much cheaper in the first run (as with openvz we do not have to pay any license fees and we can use all types of hardware).

what do you suggest? ESX or OpenVZ for the Proxmox HA Cluster?

 

[tom]

Hi there,

I am just evaluating the proxmox ha cluster with 3 nodes, currently we are testing with vmware server/proxmox trial license. all our guys are quite impressed about how easy the deployment was - in just 5 minutes the cluster was setup.

yes, clustering with Proxmox is very easy to handle to very reliable.

in production we want to run the ha cluster on vmware esx or maybe on openvz because it looks much cheaper in the first run (as with openvz we do not have to pay any license fees and we can use all types of hardware).
what do you suggest? ESX or OpenVZ for the Proxmox HA Cluster?

Hi,

Both solutions are working well and both are certified and supported by Proxmox. VMware ESX provides nice graphical management software, but for this you had to pay quite a lot for licenses.

OpenVZ misses the graphical tools, but the command line tools are quite easy to understand and powerful. OpenVZ does OS virtualization (ESX does full virtualization) and therefore you have better performance - and also a cost factor - you need no special hardware for running OpenVZ.

Conclusion: Both are quite good - Just take the solution what you prefer and with which you are familar.