Proxmox vs Debian with Proxmox packages (Proxmox on Debian) - Pros and cons?

[victorhooi]

Hi,

Currently, I'm using the normal Proxmox ISO installer, to setup some small Promox/Ceph clusters for testing.

However, I was wondering what are the pros/cons of this, versus installing vanilla Debian, and the Proxmox packages on top of that?

One of our pain points is that Proxmox ISO doesn't support unattended installation. So it seems like one advantage of the Debian route is that bringing up a cluster could be automated.

Also - the Debian kernels (depending on release) could be slightly newer.

However, what other pros/cons are there of either approach?

Thanks,
Victor

 

[tom]

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Also - the Debian kernels (depending on release) could be slightly newer.

Debian Buster is on 4.19, Proxmox VE on 5.4. So why do you think that Debian kernels are newer?

However, what other pros/cons are there of either approach?

Thanks,
Victor

If you prefer the ISO installer and it fits your needs, it the easiest way to install.

If you have different needs and you know what you are doing, e.g. customer settings or partitioning, install on top of Debian.

At the end it does not make a difference, you will have a supported Proxmox VE installation, booting our 5.4 kernel.