| ▲ | unethical_ban 4 hours ago | |
I love Proxmox as a virtual server manager - I can't imagine running anything else as a base for a homelab. Free, powerful, VMs or CTs operating quickly, graphical shell for administration, well documented and used, ZFS is a first class citizen. I've kind of wanted to build a three node cluster with some low end stuff to expand my knowledge of it. Now they have a datacenter controller. I'd need to build twice the nodes. Question: Does anyone know large businesses that utilize proxmox for datacenter operations? | ||
| ▲ | k_bx an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
We run proxmox on a bunch of hardware servers, but for "homelab" we use Ubuntu on ZFS + Incus cluster. What I look at is IncusOS: a radically new approach to base cluster OS: no SSH, no configuration. So far it looks too radical, but eventually I see that as the only way to go for somebody who has a "zoo" of servers behind Tailscale: just base OS which upgrades safely, immutable and encrypted, without any unique configuration. The vision looks beautiful. | ||
| ▲ | diederikm 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Yes! In this great video from level1techs Wendel walks around in a brand new ai gpu datacenter, an engineer tells what they use for all the normal stuff :-) Inside the Modern Data Center! SuperClusters at Applied Digital https://youtu.be/zcwqTkbaZ0o?si=V2uPScjyN_sJcIh7&t=696 | ||
| ▲ | treesknees 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
The company I work for is migrating a few hundred VMWare hosts to Proxmox due to licensing and cost considerations. In our case, since most of the hosts are not clustered, the migration process is quite straightforward. The built-in migration tool proves to be exceptionally effective. | ||
| ▲ | holysoles 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Both my current org and previous org (large) have mentioned it many times as an option, but both ended up choosing other commercial alternatives: HyperV and XenServer. I think the missing datacenter manager was causing a lot of hesitation for those that don't manage via automation | ||
| ▲ | throw0101d 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
> I've kind of wanted to build a three node cluster with some low end stuff to expand my knowledge of it. Now they have a datacenter controller. You can set up a cluster to play with multiple nodes without the just-announced PDM 1.0. Or you can use PDM to manage three stand alone nodes. If you want to do both, perhaps a 3-node cluster plus a 1-node stand alone with a PDM 'overlay'. So just a +1 versus a 2x. | ||
| ▲ | NegativeK 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
> I'd need to build twice the nodes. Why twice the nodes? The manager is optional -- but do you need multiples? Also, when I looked into clusters (that I haven't implemented,) I did see qdevices. It's a way to have a cheap and weak third node just to break ties. | ||
| ▲ | twiclo 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I set it up for my small company 5 years ago. Couldn't be happier with it honestly. | ||