Any experience with virtualizor?

[GS-Dylan]

So I'm at the point were I have to pick my control panel for virtualization. I've used solusvm in the past as a client. It worked well not really any major complaints. Now that its time to run my own software I'm starting to lean towards virtualizor. I think some of the features seem a little better, and the development seems to be better for virtualizor than solusvm. I know they are saying solusvm 2.0 is supposed to be a major overhaul but how long have they been saying that... 2 years? 

I'd like to hear experiences of both sides. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

 

[Onra Host]

We actually just completed moved our entire VPS platform over to Virtualizor from SolusVM. I honestly think its a bit easier in almost every aspect, including the ease of use for our clients who have already given their feedback. 

Support is only top notch with a response coming in a hour or two every time by somebody. They are usually on Skype support as well for the smaller problems. Feature devilment is also really fast if you need something done or customized. 

 

[lowesthost]

We have been using Virtualizor since Version 1  no complaints  features keep getting better & better.

 

[Jasson.Pass]

How does it differ from SolusVM on a technical basis? SolusVM looks like it is more advanced and with 2.0 coming out seems like the ideal choice.

 

[William]

It  works BY FAR better with KVM than Solus.

 

[lowesthost]

I have not tested SolusVM in a long while  but I think Virtualizor passed them up a while go on the features

1. not that we need it  but no goofy requirement to run a master  on openvz

2. as far as I know i think its the only panel that supports Xenserver (Citrix)

 

[SaadIsmail]

If you want to go with OpenVZ then solusvm is okayish, but for KVM/XEN better to go with virtualizor due to proper documentation, good support & frequent updates.

 

[Steven F]

We use it for our OpenVZ. Quite a few bugs, but it's usable.

 

[Chatahooch]

Been about 3-4 years since I used Solus so no idea where it is at now. Have been using Virtualizor and can't complain at all though if you want a true HA your better to go with Proxmox. Virtualizor does now supported nested Virtualization so you could probably combine them fairly easy and get the best of both worlds.

Virtualizor is fast on bug fixes and support, and easy to deal with which is another +

 

[ZotiMedia]

We are using Virtualizor since 2013. No bugs at all. The support is very friendly and helpful.

 

[ModyDev]

Virtualizor is a good piece of software can't find any similar product with such price and support.

 

[Shoaib_A]

I have used both but to to virtualize larger servers to isolate stuff & make more efficient use of resources for personal projects & running game servers for gaming communities I am part of (I have never owned any hosting company until today) & I can vouch for Virtualizor not only for their better support but also because they offer more features than SolusVM. So I would recommend Virtualizor if you want to use KVM or XEN as hypervisor. For OpenVZ, those who regularly use it (hosting companies) can give you better opinion

 

[Chatahooch]

I talked to the devs about adding Leaky Bucket, and memory ballooning support for KVm and they said they will work on getting it added which would be pretty sweet. Go a long ways towards performance and stabilizing a node.

 

[GS-Dylan]

So been playing around with virtualizor for the past week and so far its been awesome! I had to contact there support 2 times and both times they've resolved the issue immediately. I'm impressed as I'm still on the 30 day evaluation license.

 

[mitgib]

So been playing around with virtualizor for the past week and so far its been awesome! I had to contact there support 2 times and both times they've resolved the issue immediately. I'm impressed as I'm still on the 30 day evaluation license.

I spent the day playing with the trial, and so far, I'm impressed.  Only issue I am having is getting virtio for the disk driver enabled. virtio_net was no problem. Only been playing with a KVM install an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and their install script was only broken for setting up the bridge, and telling lvm.conf not to scan images, loving virt-sparcify

Next step is to try and overload the host ram to see how well it handles ballooning

 

[AshleyUK]

I spent the day playing with the trial, and so far, I'm impressed.  Only issue I am having is getting virtio for the disk driver enabled. virtio_net was no problem. Only been playing with a KVM install an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and their install script was only broken for setting up the bridge, and telling lvm.conf not to scan images, loving virt-sparcify

Next step is to try and overload the host ram to see how well it handles ballooning

When you create the VM there is a tick box to enable it under the Advance expansion section, also when you create a template you can set it aswell.

 

[mitgib]

When you create the VM there is a tick box to enable it under the Advance expansion section, also when you create a template you can set it aswell.

But how to edit and enable once a VM is created is my hurdle

 

[AshleyUK]

Ahhh, yes I haven't seen that's possible either. If you pop them a ticket they will either tell you how or add it in next feature release.


I've asked for a few thing that have all been taken onboard.

 

[mitgib]

Ahhh, yes I haven't seen that's possible either. If you pop them a ticket they will either tell you how or add it in next feature release.


I've asked for a few thing that have all been taken onboard.

Already submitted a ticket, found a few things, like if you use qcow2 as the only storage available, you cannot create KVM templates as it cannot create a snapshot, and the installer was unable to create the bridge in Ubuntu, but that was easy enough to work past

 

[centoslgd]

I thought qcow2 supports snapshots in genera.l