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Not exactly. ESX runs on the bare metal and allows to install VMs. VB runs inside another OS (recommend Linux for stability) and allows to install VMs. VB runs headless if you wish and provides more or less the same options as ESX. I think ESX allows live takeover of running VMs, VB doesn't do that. I have done some very rudimentary performance tests on VB. These demonstrate VB does not have a serious performance penalty.
Only if you really believe marketing. The OS is called VMKernel, and it is right there, same as Linux is for other hypervisors.
Well obviously there has to be an OS, what do you think the marketing means? Without the OS there's be no product in the first place. I don't think their marketing is at all misleading, you install ESX directly on the server, rather than on top of a conventional separate operating system.
Well obviously there has to be an OS, what do you think the marketing means? Without the OS there's be no product in the first place. I don't think their marketing is at all misleading, you install ESX directly on the server, rather than on top of a conventional separate operating system.
If you get it right, it doesn't mean thousands also do. The term "baremetal hypervisor" is misused, and the communication is always pushing towards the "baremetal"-ness of ESX, when if you compare it to other real hypervisors, you can easily see that they are just as baremetal as ESX
Proxmox may be somewhat similar or fit your needs.
That's more in the direction of vCenter actually, if you speak in vmware terms. And in that case I'd also mention oVirt and RHEV, karesansui, convirture, aeolus and several others
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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie
I don't think their marketing is at all misleading, you install ESX directly on the server, rather than on top of a conventional separate operating system.
Correct, this is what I intended to say. The term "bare metal" is confusing indeed.
Is there any Virtualbox solution similar to VMWare ESX ?
Dude !
Im running 2 servers without sync, but you can improvising. The ideal are run it over lvm and raid if possible. vbox dont have the same "resources balance", but are GPL and are very easy change your vm using/status/config using "vboxmanage" tool !
If you intent make an environment more refined, yo can use HA tools like Pacemaker, GFS2, DRDB++ ocfs2/gfs2 .. but is just an idea, 4sure it should be nice just to get more knowledge, but have sure that gonna take a long time to test and read the manuals !
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