Fizz Khalifa Posted March 22, 2017 #1 Posted March 22, 2017 Hi, I'm planning on moving to a hypervisor installation with DSM and some other OS'es. Which hypervisor works best with DSM? I thought I'd use Proxmox because it's free and has a web interface, but if ESXi is performing better I'd rather use that. I would just want to know if anyone has experience with that topic and could give me some recommendations Thanks for your answers, Fizz Quote
0 elmuziko Posted March 24, 2017 #2 Posted March 24, 2017 ESXi for support. I use Hyper-V but it's unloved and rarely updated. :unhappy face. Quote
0 tjbain Posted March 25, 2017 #3 Posted March 25, 2017 Yup...ESXi seems to be the way to go. But I also use hyper-v and it works magically...just haven't been able to update DSM in a while due to network driver issues. Quote
0 jpbaril Posted March 28, 2017 #4 Posted March 28, 2017 I used Proxmox in the past (really loved it) but then switched to Virtual-manager/libvirt in an Ubuntu installation. Both use KVM in the end. They performed well and were easy to setup and manage. But I never used baremetal, so cannot compare. I used these solutions as at that time there was no webui for ESXi and the management app was only available on Windows, which I don't have. The other reason is that I prefer to use standard Linux solutions rather than proprietary solutions, even if they are open-source. Quote
0 TBK Posted March 28, 2017 #5 Posted March 28, 2017 This day and age there is rarely a case where a VM can not be replaced by a light weight container. Talking about berformance, you should always strive towards run as close to the metal as possible. Hardware virtualization is by design a performance hog. Quote
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Fizz Khalifa
Hi,
I'm planning on moving to a hypervisor installation with DSM and some other OS'es. Which hypervisor works best with DSM?
I thought I'd use Proxmox because it's free and has a web interface, but if ESXi is performing better I'd rather use that.
I would just want to know if anyone has experience with that topic and could give me some recommendations
Thanks for your answers,
Fizz
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