Local/in-house virtual servers.

[MannDude]

So, my server from Fran arrived earlier this week and is now a part of my desktop clutter. I plan on using it for some local projects / tinkering / learning however am curious what everyone here would suggest for setup. Should I just go the Proxmox route and create some local VMs for tinkering? VMware? VirtualBox? What do you all suggest?

I'll have a large VM used for local storage that I want accessible to the rest of my home network which is a mix of Windows and Linux (mostly Linux) devices and the rest will just be general tinkering. Input appreciated.

 

[yomero]

At work I did a proxmox setup for some of our services, and so far, so good n_n

But some people suggested me VMWare esxi because is easy (they say ). Despite that, I went to the proxmox route because you can have full VMs and at the same time start a lot of light vz containers like crazy.

And about the network, I configured bridges for the VMs and containers (veth), and now they are part of the LAN.

The only thing that I miss of other virt technologies, is the 3D (or at least 2D) acceleration

 

[drmike]

So, my server from Fran arrived earlier this week and is now a part of my desktop clutter.

1U server right?

Yeah, you might want to put the server in the garage.  Unless Fran silenced it, typically those 1U 5xxx series are outrageous noise.   So noisy typically you wouldn't want one anywhere in your house.  Like worse than your quad flying noise machine.

It's a server.  So Proxmox or if you like manual retardation, bare metal Linux install then KVM or OpenVZ.

Frankly, I just run Proxmox for my own gear.  It works, is simple, and I don't need another degree in useless virtualization rubbish that will be obsolete in 5 years or less.

 

[DomainBop]

 Should I just go the Proxmox route and create some local VMs for tinkering? VMware? VirtualBox?

So Proxmox or if you like manual retardation, bare metal Linux install then KVM or OpenVZ.

None of the above.  XEN or Oracle VM (oh, wait that's Xen based too)

DISCLAIMER: I'm not biased towards a certain Virtualization method, really.

 

[Nikki]

Proxmox for sure, OpenVZ + KVM in an easy to use package.

 

[sv01]

At work we use virtualbox and bridges all VM to LAN.

Never had problem with this setup for nearly 2 years.

Guest OS : Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 (I hate Windows, but can't live without it for testing purpose ) , Debian 7 and CentOS 7.

 

[drmike]

At work we use virtualbox and bridges all VM to LAN.

I use Virtualbox regularly on my workstations  You know where the noise ratio of the machine is pretty low and proper video card + nice monitor.

My rackables, Proxmox

 

[William]

I use Proxmox on my dev system.

 

[k0nsl]

+1 for Proxmox. I've enjoyed it since day one.

 

[bullfrog3459]

My dev machines are on baremetal CentOS installs w/ KVM on it. Works nicely.

 

[KS_Phillip]

I use webvirtmgr as a lightweight gui to manage libvirt kvm instances at home.  Don't need the overhead of proxmox.

 

[MannDude]

Well as I was eager to tinker I just put Debian on a USB stick via UNetbootin but will check out some other recommendations later. Thanks!

 

[TruvisT]

I'm going to throw Hyper-V out as a great option just became I have become a Microsoft Fanboy lately. Clustering Hyper-V = <3

Granted, Hyper-V requires the latest hardware to really shine. But I've started replacing all instances of VMWare technologies with it now.

 

[sshgroup]

Just VMware, XEN is so good but vmware some thing  not perfect but quite good , others not even is choince

 

[cloudfastservers]

Vote for Proxmox best option make sure use 2 Nic Private network and public , Vlan + on proxmox and Openvz another + =10