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Proxmox VE is a complete, open-source server management platform for enterprise virtualization. It tightly integrates the KVM hypervisor and Linux Containers (LXC), software-defined storage and networking functionality, on a single platform. With the integrated web-based user interface you can manage VMs and containers, high availability for clusters, or the integrated disaster recovery tools with ease.

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Who's using Proxmox? (eviltoast.org)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by dbtng@eviltoast.org to c/proxmox@lemmy.world

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I was a VMware admin. I drank the freakin koolaid. Got the certs. I was planning on a career as an architect. Did ok.

Then Broadcom. Fukers.

My boss said screw em, we go Proxmox. So now I live and breathe Proxmox.
PVE is a heap of janky hax, so you gotta get expert real fast.
PBS is cutting edge software that breaks twice a week, so ya gotta get expert real fast.
And now I'm an expert. Especially at PBS. DR. Site-to-site. I can do that shit.

Now that I have this new skillset, where can I use it?
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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

We use proxmox exclusively at work (mastering company, it underpins our aspera) and since vmware shat the bed a mate's workplace is cutting over to pm as well (multinational). It be growin'.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I love to hear this. I admit tho, I thought Proxmox would explode after VMware imploded. Proxmox did not just step into the gap left by VMware. A very large portion of IT has still never heard of Proxmox and could not tell you what its for, while they all have some passing understanding of what VMware is.

I was hoping for a sudden swell where companies were moving ESXi > PVE en masse ... and hiring engineers at high dollars. I don't see that. :[

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Not gonna be a sudden swell, but there will be a raising as contracts start running out and beancounters start looking at running costs

[–] JollyGreen_sasquatch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Many places are still looking at options, and costs of switching. Where I work still is, even though we have a large Linux server fleet already. I expect this is on a 3-5 year plan to ramp up switching to something else for most companies that are going to switch.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Perhaps this comment most addresses what was on my mind. I see comments from admins, education, small biz, homelabbers (homelabbers rule!).
There are only a couple folks that appear to be in my tier (50 + hosts). And that's because there arent a lot of us on proxmox.

I think you're right. Big enterprise moves slow. The VMwsre implosion is just now hitting corporate budgets.
Thanks for your perspective, friend.