Proxmox VE | VMware vSphere | Windows Hyper-V | Citrix XenServer | |
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Note: 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. | ||||
Guest operating system support |
Windows and Linux (KVM)
Other operating systems are known to work and are community supported (OpenVZ supports Linux only) | Windows, Linux, UNIX | Modern Windows OS, Linux support is limited | Most Windows OS, Linux support is limited |
Open Source | yes | no | no | yes |
OpenVZ container (known as OS Virtualization) | yes | no | no | no |
Single-view for Mangagement (centralized control) | yes |
Yes, but requires dedicated management server (or VM)
| Yes, but requires dedicated management server (or VM) | yes |
Simple Subscription Structure | Yes, one subscription pricing, all features enabled | no | no | no |
High Availability | yes | yes | Requires Microsoft Failover clustering, limited guest OS support | yes |
Live VM snapshots: Backup a running VM | yes | yes | limited | yes |
Bare metal hypervisor | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Virtual machine live migration | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Max. RAM and CPU per Host | 160 CPU/2 TB Ram | 160 CPU/2 TB Ram | 64 CPU/1 TB Ram | ? |
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