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Proxmox
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Reader supplied reviews for Proxmox
Average rating
8.8 from 11 review(s)
Version: 8.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-09
Votes: 35
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Provides hundreds of enterprise class features completely for free and additionally enterprise support, which is nice if one uses it for (work) infrastructure.
I have hundreds of VMs and container running on a hyper-converged ceph cluster without a sweat since Proxmox VE 4, always could upgrade in-place without any actual trouble, following the official upgrade how-to pays off I guess.
The PVE API is also great, allows for customization and automating lots of setup specific tasks; cannot wait until the software defined network is out of experimental preview, as that's one of the last things still missing (and from what I could gather in their forum and some testlab tries it seems pretty promising already).
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Version: 8.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-29
Votes: 4
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A good distro for a custom task.
In general I'm not a fan of distro proliferation, but when they have a custom purpose it is fine to have a new distro.
I have tested both the x86 version and the arm64 porting. On arm it is still a bit rough.
On x86 it is pretty simple to use: one can handle VM and containers easely.
Perfect for building a home lab.
If you intend to use it in production, well I strongly suggest to pay for the support.
For production I also suggest to use zfs to increase availability.
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Version: 8.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-27
Votes: 8
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I've been using Proxmox for the past 3 years and can't say enough good things about it. Easy to set up, creating containers or VM's is simple, and stability is really good.
I love that if one of my containers has an issue (either in an update to the service, or my own tinkering) I can easily go to my backups and restore the container in seconds. Even if you want to try something, it's easy to spin up a new container.
The only thing I could ask for is that the CPU temp be added to the summary page.
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Version: 7.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-23
Votes: 0
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I have limited experience with Proxmox, but everything has gone well for me. Requires some knowledge of Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) in order make good use of partitioning and storage allocation, as well as Linux Bridges for managing and creating virtual networks for your VMs and containers. This can be quite the leap of faith for the uninitiated, as finding information on these topics is harder than some of the more surface-level Linux topics.
But once, you understand these two main tools, working with Proxmox is super easy, as it works off of a base Debian system (with some modifications). If you are familiar with Debian, everything will make sense.
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Version: 6.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-11
Votes: 3
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I have been utilizing Proxmox since its early days, starting from version 1.
Throughout its development, Proxmox has consistently served as a reliable virtualization platform, even in its community version. Over the past three years, I have relied on the 6.x enterprise version in a fully operational production environment, encountering zero issues. Although this version is now considered deprecated, it continues to receive security patches from Debian LTS repositories. Based on its current performance, I believe it will remain a dependable solution for many years to come, as I personally do not require the latest cutting-edge features found in newer iterations. Its exceptional stability is a testament to its longevity.
Pros:
Outshines ESXi: Proxmox stands out when compared to ESXi, offering superior functionality and performance.
Robust Backup System: The backup system integrated within Proxmox is commendable and truly excels, especially when used in conjunction with the Proxmox Backup Server.
Decentralized Administration in Cluster Environments: Proxmox facilitates decentralized administration within cluster environments, streamlining management tasks.
Excellent Virtual Machine Administration: The virtual machine administration capabilities of Proxmox are top-notch, enabling efficient control and monitoring.
Cons:
Limited Web UI for Maintenance Tasks: While Proxmox's web user interface is generally comprehensive, it does not encompass all maintenance tasks. Some administrative operations still require command-line interaction.
Cumbersome Disk Maintenance: In certain scenarios (ZFS, LVM), disk maintenance in Proxmox can be intricate and overwhelming, posing challenges for users.
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Version: 7.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-29
Votes: 0
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I have been using Proxmox for about two years as a daily driver for all of my virtual servers on my homelab. My server regularly runs for 24/7 for months on end. I specifically use the community edition, which does not have access to the enterprise repos, but overall is very reliable and stable. It does have a few problems on my hardware, i5 8500. Kernel 5.15.107 seemed to be unable to boot on my system, but was fixed using pve-efiboot-tool and rolled back to 5.15.85 which has worked very reliably. The tools built by Proxmox is where it really shines enabling admins to fix just about anything. Can highly recommend for home lab environment.
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Version: 7.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-04-04
Votes: 0
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Τhe free version is blocked in many functions and ultimately unusable!!!!
Installing on a separate 500gb disk with ext4 format nothing works!
Ιnstalling on the same disc zfs format limited functions ie
while installing gnome, firefox and nautilus are blocked!
In GUI the ethernet and wifi does not work.
Terminal functionality has been blocked.
searching in many forums for different functions that have been blocked, there are several reports, many of them refer to previous versions of this application, and finally applying these techniques, I did not find any solution to the above specific problems
I wonder if I was expecting things that maybe this app doesn't include and I'm more picky.
Ultimately this is my experience with the application on a modern alder lake computer.
You mean that I could not agree to proceed after the above
in further virtual machine setup operations to give more details
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Version: 7.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-04
Votes: 3
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We are using it in test enviroment since 2018 starterd from v. 5.3, it's works perfect!
Have used a number of intermediate releases, than had upgraded to 6.2 and now I've just upgraged it to 7.1-12.
We don't use a CEPH/Cluster configuration on our purposes, just to simplify it configuration. We can accept some downtimes but we didn't get any in 4 yrs. except small maintainance windows.
On relative old HW (HP gen 8 servers) you can still get great results in performance for SMB os Testbeds.
Internal netcore is providing up to 15Gbits on such HW.
All HW supported by Debian is open for you with LTS for years.
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Version: 7.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-01-27
Votes: 1
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I've been experimenting with Proxmox for about 4 months now and it has really impressed me. Its feature-set is on par with most available virtualization solutions (even commercial ones) and even exceeds many of them (even some commercial ones). So far I haven't encountered any stability issues and would trust it enough to deploy it in production.
One might argue that the complexity is a drawback, but with such a rich feature-set things are bound to be a bit complex. Luckily the documentation is really comprehensive and easily accessible.
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Version: 7.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-27
Votes: 2
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Rock solid virtualization solution. The available features are on par with and often better than what you can get from every other solution available. There's a totally free community supported version, and if you need support you can purchase a license and get that as well.
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Version: 6.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-12
Votes: 4
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Running 30 VMs since one year flawless and no-stop, and for free.
Started with version 6.2 and upgraded to 6.4 without restart.
This hypervisor has capability quite similar to commercial solution, without crazy license cost.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Proxmox
Version: 8.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-09
Votes: 35
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Provides hundreds of enterprise class features completely for free and additionally enterprise support, which is nice if one uses it for (work) infrastructure.
I have hundreds of VMs and container running on a hyper-converged ceph cluster without a sweat since Proxmox VE 4, always could upgrade in-place without any actual trouble, following the official upgrade how-to pays off I guess.
The PVE API is also great, allows for customization and automating lots of setup specific tasks; cannot wait until the software defined network is out of experimental preview, as that's one of the last things still missing (and from what I could gather in their forum and some testlab tries it seems pretty promising already).
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 8.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-29
Votes: 4
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A good distro for a custom task.
In general I'm not a fan of distro proliferation, but when they have a custom purpose it is fine to have a new distro.
I have tested both the x86 version and the arm64 porting. On arm it is still a bit rough.
On x86 it is pretty simple to use: one can handle VM and containers easely.
Perfect for building a home lab.
If you intend to use it in production, well I strongly suggest to pay for the support.
For production I also suggest to use zfs to increase availability.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 8.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-27
Votes: 8
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I've been using Proxmox for the past 3 years and can't say enough good things about it. Easy to set up, creating containers or VM's is simple, and stability is really good.
I love that if one of my containers has an issue (either in an update to the service, or my own tinkering) I can easily go to my backups and restore the container in seconds. Even if you want to try something, it's easy to spin up a new container.
The only thing I could ask for is that the CPU temp be added to the summary page.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 7.4
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-23
Votes: 0
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I have limited experience with Proxmox, but everything has gone well for me. Requires some knowledge of Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) in order make good use of partitioning and storage allocation, as well as Linux Bridges for managing and creating virtual networks for your VMs and containers. This can be quite the leap of faith for the uninitiated, as finding information on these topics is harder than some of the more surface-level Linux topics.
But once, you understand these two main tools, working with Proxmox is super easy, as it works off of a base Debian system (with some modifications). If you are familiar with Debian, everything will make sense.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 6.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-11
Votes: 3
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I have been utilizing Proxmox since its early days, starting from version 1.
Throughout its development, Proxmox has consistently served as a reliable virtualization platform, even in its community version. Over the past three years, I have relied on the 6.x enterprise version in a fully operational production environment, encountering zero issues. Although this version is now considered deprecated, it continues to receive security patches from Debian LTS repositories. Based on its current performance, I believe it will remain a dependable solution for many years to come, as I personally do not require the latest cutting-edge features found in newer iterations. Its exceptional stability is a testament to its longevity.
Pros:
Outshines ESXi: Proxmox stands out when compared to ESXi, offering superior functionality and performance.
Robust Backup System: The backup system integrated within Proxmox is commendable and truly excels, especially when used in conjunction with the Proxmox Backup Server.
Decentralized Administration in Cluster Environments: Proxmox facilitates decentralized administration within cluster environments, streamlining management tasks.
Excellent Virtual Machine Administration: The virtual machine administration capabilities of Proxmox are top-notch, enabling efficient control and monitoring.
Cons:
Limited Web UI for Maintenance Tasks: While Proxmox's web user interface is generally comprehensive, it does not encompass all maintenance tasks. Some administrative operations still require command-line interaction.
Cumbersome Disk Maintenance: In certain scenarios (ZFS, LVM), disk maintenance in Proxmox can be intricate and overwhelming, posing challenges for users.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 7.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-29
Votes: 0
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I have been using Proxmox for about two years as a daily driver for all of my virtual servers on my homelab. My server regularly runs for 24/7 for months on end. I specifically use the community edition, which does not have access to the enterprise repos, but overall is very reliable and stable. It does have a few problems on my hardware, i5 8500. Kernel 5.15.107 seemed to be unable to boot on my system, but was fixed using pve-efiboot-tool and rolled back to 5.15.85 which has worked very reliably. The tools built by Proxmox is where it really shines enabling admins to fix just about anything. Can highly recommend for home lab environment.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 7.4
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-04-04
Votes: 0
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Τhe free version is blocked in many functions and ultimately unusable!!!!
Installing on a separate 500gb disk with ext4 format nothing works!
Ιnstalling on the same disc zfs format limited functions ie
while installing gnome, firefox and nautilus are blocked!
In GUI the ethernet and wifi does not work.
Terminal functionality has been blocked.
searching in many forums for different functions that have been blocked, there are several reports, many of them refer to previous versions of this application, and finally applying these techniques, I did not find any solution to the above specific problems
I wonder if I was expecting things that maybe this app doesn't include and I'm more picky.
Ultimately this is my experience with the application on a modern alder lake computer.
You mean that I could not agree to proceed after the above
in further virtual machine setup operations to give more details
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 7.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-04
Votes: 3
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We are using it in test enviroment since 2018 starterd from v. 5.3, it's works perfect!
Have used a number of intermediate releases, than had upgraded to 6.2 and now I've just upgraged it to 7.1-12.
We don't use a CEPH/Cluster configuration on our purposes, just to simplify it configuration. We can accept some downtimes but we didn't get any in 4 yrs. except small maintainance windows.
On relative old HW (HP gen 8 servers) you can still get great results in performance for SMB os Testbeds.
Internal netcore is providing up to 15Gbits on such HW.
All HW supported by Debian is open for you with LTS for years.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 7.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-01-27
Votes: 1
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I've been experimenting with Proxmox for about 4 months now and it has really impressed me. Its feature-set is on par with most available virtualization solutions (even commercial ones) and even exceeds many of them (even some commercial ones). So far I haven't encountered any stability issues and would trust it enough to deploy it in production.
One might argue that the complexity is a drawback, but with such a rich feature-set things are bound to be a bit complex. Luckily the documentation is really comprehensive and easily accessible.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 7.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-27
Votes: 2
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Rock solid virtualization solution. The available features are on par with and often better than what you can get from every other solution available. There's a totally free community supported version, and if you need support you can purchase a license and get that as well.
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Project: Proxmox
Version: 6.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-07-12
Votes: 4
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Running 30 VMs since one year flawless and no-stop, and for free.
Started with version 6.2 and upgraded to 6.4 without restart.
This hypervisor has capability quite similar to commercial solution, without crazy license cost.
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