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Proxmox VE |
VMware vSphere |
Windows Hyper-V |
Citrix Xen Server |
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Guest operating system support
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Windows and Linux (KVM)
Other operating systems
are known to work and are
community supported
(OpenVZ supports Linux only)
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Windows, Linux, UNIX
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Modern Windows OS, Linux support is limited
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Most Windows OS, Linux support is limited
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Open Source
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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OpenVZ container
(known as OS Virtualization)
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Single-view for Mangagement (centralized control)
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Yes
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Yes, but requires dedicated management server (or VM)
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Yes, but requires dedicated management server (or VM)
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Yes
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Simple Licensing Structure
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Only one subscription pricing, all features enabled
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No
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No
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No
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High Availability
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Yes
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Yes
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Requires Microsoft Failover
clustering, limited guest OS
support
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Yes
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Live VM snapshots:
Backup a running VM
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Yes
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Yes
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Limited
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Yes
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Bare metal hypervisor
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Virtual machine live migration
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Max. Ram and CPU per Host
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160 CPU/2 TB Ram
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160 CPU/2 TB Ram
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64 CPU/1 TB Ram
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This list is not complete and work in progress. Facts could change from release to release. It provides a very rough overview about some differences and major features.
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Products 