Fizz Khalifa Posted March 22, 2017 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 elmuziko Posted March 24, 2017 Share #2 Posted March 24, 2017 ESXi for support. I use Hyper-V but it's unloved and rarely updated. :unhappy face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tjbain Posted March 25, 2017 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jpbaril Posted March 28, 2017 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TBK Posted March 28, 2017 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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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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