Virtualisation OS

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What hypervisor OS would you recommend as experienced user(s)?

  • Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS

  • XCP-ng 8.2.1 LTS

  • CentOS 7

Or is it something else?

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Welcome to the community. Thanks for joining! Nice work on getting the forum certified badge so fast.

+1 for Ubuntu server.

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I guess I may have misunderstood, if he wants a base OS, UBUNTU for sure. :+1:

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For those of you don’t know what I referring in original post. The XCP-ng is meant to be this (https://www.xcp-ng.org).

Also thanks for the congratulations.

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@Ben Well this may turn your head. Especially when combined with Xen Orchestra (Xen-Orchestra ✦ Web Interface for XenServer).

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Yeah I’ve heard Lawrence talk about that on YouTube. I’ve never tried it tho. Are the resources fairly low similar to ESX and proxmox?

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@Ben Here’s a link to the system requirements to run it.

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Ubuntu gets my vote. I think it is a great option for both experienced and moderate users. There is a nice balance. You can make the most of it with more experience but you can also make use of it as some who is only somewhat experienced.

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My pick from the list would be XCP-ng. It offers optimum levels of control because it runs directly on hardware. It has an open source core which directly means it is highly customizable.

Alternatively, I would say Proxmox VE is also good. It combines the real power of KVM to an intuitive user interface to optimally manage VMs.

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I would also for the ubuntu server and if you want then use the container or the portrainer for the layering.

alles gut,
Gaurav

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I prefer to use;

  • Debian for bare-metal installation,
  • Debian and Portainer for dockerization,
  • Proxmox for virtualization
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@serhattsnmz thats great. I am releasing a new portainer code and that will make easier and even you can with a little code change can use it for the docker also.

alles gut,
Gaurav