2014-07-08T06:31:00Z

What is your primary use case for Proxmox VE?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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MT
Real User
Top 20
2023-09-21T09:58:04Z
Sep 21, 2023

My company uses Proxmox VE for VDI, so we basically use it for Windows VDI, and a few of our Linux servers run on it.

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Real User
Top 20
2023-09-19T12:28:00Z
Sep 19, 2023

In 1994, I started to work with Proxmox VE. Since 2020, I have developed much expertise in Proxmox VE and have helped many organizations with their Proxmox VE needs. During this time, I have studied Linux, maintenance, and troubleshooting and helped organizations successfully implement and manage Proxmox VE.

RS
Real User
2023-09-01T03:18:04Z
Sep 1, 2023

We use VM for high availability.

OzgurEkinci1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 10
2023-07-14T15:27:20Z
Jul 14, 2023

We are cloud providers. We install the product to serve our customers.

Parikshit Kumar Bais - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-14T08:17:06Z
Mar 14, 2023

Our primary use case for the Proxmox VE solution is iCloud.

JM
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-09T21:55:20Z
Mar 9, 2023

It's used for server virtualization on a client-facing network.

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Saiful Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-03-03T06:31:52Z
Mar 3, 2023

VM Management and Ceph Storage and Backup.

Saiful Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-02-22T18:16:15Z
Feb 22, 2023

We use the solution for managing infrastructure like VMs.

Jan Baran - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2023-01-23T15:26:51Z
Jan 23, 2023

The solution is used for virtualization, web servers, databases, and S3 storage spaces.

Tanvir Siddique - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-12-29T06:53:42Z
Dec 29, 2022

We are using Proxmox VE for our internal services, we have a few virtual machines that run our mail servers, call center solutions, TDX, and other applications. Proxmox VE is a virtualized platform.

AF
Real User
Top 20
2022-10-04T21:19:38Z
Oct 4, 2022

I'm using Proxmox VE for virtual machines on three servers, mainly for the database and the application and email server.

MarcGrob - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-06-27T20:53:50Z
Jun 27, 2022

It's an open-source solution for virtualizing. It’s a server virtualization software. Everything that's work or life is managed by Proxmox.

RN
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-22T06:12:40Z
May 22, 2022

I use Proxmox VE to host a domain control environment, a Windows server environment, and to host a few apps that I publish on the store. I'm also using it to manage clients' remote surveillance backups because I keep my clients' CCTV footage. I set up an NVR environment, and I'm pushing traffic to my servers. I'm running a mini data center. It's doing apps. It's doing Windows Server Management for a normal environment. It's nothing fancy, but it's working.

MD
Real User
2022-02-06T07:20:03Z
Feb 6, 2022

Proxmox VE is used for many sectors, such as medical, IT, and electronics. It is an open-source server management platform.

MA
MSP
Top 5
2021-08-03T15:12:45Z
Aug 3, 2021

I have Proxmox VE, which is based on Debian Linux, installed at home. It's part of my virtualization now. It allows one to create virtual machines in containers. We basically created a web interface. My test environment and pfSense are installed on the solution for building the data center. I am using version seven, which is the latest version that was recently released. I've been working with Proxmox since version two. The solution can be used to virtualize environments, as well as for containers, similar to that of VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix and OpenStack. Proxmox takes a different approach. It provides one single user interface to configure the virtual machines, the containers, the management and everything else. It's based on Debian Linux, using KVM. The web interface replaces the need to deal with the command line. It allows a person to create virtual machines and is very user-friendly. It's an amazing product.

LE
Real User
2022-02-04T14:51:05Z
Feb 4, 2022

At the moment, it's used for the virtualization of everything within my test environment. I'm not using the newest version of Proxmox.

Carey Butler - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2022-01-05T07:08:52Z
Jan 5, 2022

I am using it to virtualize microservices.

Idris Aliyu - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2021-12-21T10:00:00Z
Dec 21, 2021

Our primary use case for Proxmox VE is for virtualization and a little bit of SaaS storage, basically for virtual machines.

JL
Real User
2021-11-02T18:27:31Z
Nov 2, 2021

With Proxmox, we use the hypervisor of Proxmox and Proxmox backups. In VMware, I see all the production, like vSphere, vCenter, vRealize Operations Manager, vSAN, Workspace ONE, and VMware Horizon. Right now we are working with NSX. For VMware, as a partner, I have many cases of vSAN as a hyperconvergence solution. This solution is very popular in my country, mostly with banks. There are many solutions that we have implemented and that are very successful. Horizon is another solution that is highly requested by clients. Because of the pandemic, the VDI and Remote Desktop are often requested from our clients. Those two are very good solutions. From my experience, I don't have many problems with them.

JL
Real User
2021-07-26T18:22:54Z
Jul 26, 2021

I am using this solution for the virtualization of many servers. I have its latest version.

RC
Real User
2021-07-22T11:30:07Z
Jul 22, 2021

We use this solution for our file servers. Most of the applications are file servers and some are employed as web servers for internal applications that we use.

AC
Real User
2021-03-02T02:19:44Z
Mar 2, 2021

We are implementers and we implement solutions for our customers. We tested Proxmox VE as a solution to build our applications

DM
Real User
2021-02-24T08:57:00Z
Feb 24, 2021

We have many use cases for this solution, including electric services.

RR
Real User
2021-02-22T21:21:00Z
Feb 22, 2021

We sell Proxmox VE solutions to our customers. The workload to help our customers may be the biggest use case to be on the cloud. We use a bunch of statuses, and different ways to deliver databases, and SQL Servers. So, that's the natural way we use the platform on the cloud.

KG
Real User
2021-01-15T15:53:45Z
Jan 15, 2021

I primarily use Proxmox for training in university. I use its virtual environment.

ER
Real User
2020-11-19T07:30:12Z
Nov 19, 2020

We use the solution to host virtual machines, such as: SQL Server Database, Active directory domain services, web services, general cloud applications, and some virtual machines or containers for development and testing purpose. Specially the preference for containers is due to the easly development when the only basic operational system is required istead of fully hardware virtualization (kvm). We heavly use replication resource to assign some garantine to critical virtual machines wich could run eventually on other sites or hosts, in case of broken internet links, hardware issues or even hacker attacks (many thanks to ZFS working with PVE-ZSync feature that allow planning a standback period of retention snapshots, quickly failover and fallback of virtual machine storage)

RH
Real User
2020-11-16T17:13:47Z
Nov 16, 2020

We use it wherever we need virtualization.

DD
Real User
2020-09-21T06:33:00Z
Sep 21, 2020

There are a number of services that we need, such as a dedicated phone system and an Active Directory server, that we run in a virtualized environment. Doing so means that we don't need to use dedicated hardware for them.

BH
Real User
2020-09-17T08:05:00Z
Sep 17, 2020

We primarily use this solution to cover anything that VMware does.

KH
Real User
2020-08-11T06:17:33Z
Aug 11, 2020

We use this solution as our virtualization platform. It is a hypervisor that we use for our virtual needs to run servers.

KH
Real User
2020-06-21T08:08:11Z
Jun 21, 2020

This is a free version of VMware and that's why we're using it. It does everything that VMware can do and it's more flexible. We were looking for a virtual solution and we're a startup, so the cheapest is best. We are customers of Proxmox and I'm the technology operations manager.

reviewer1373829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-06-18T02:34:00Z
Jun 18, 2020

We are now running it in full HA production vs XCP-NG and VMWware 6.7u3p We have multiple VMs on 6 hosts for Proxmox, 5 hosts on XCP-NG, and 12 Hosts for VMware. Proxmox Config: 6X 2697V2 128GB ram each / 24TB SSD for CEPH (HP S700 PRO). XCP-NG Config: 5X2690V3 128GB each/12TB SSD (Samsung 860 Pro). VMware Config: HP BLADE 12X2690V3 256GB each/2 SAN with 24X1TB SSD (S700 PRO) and total usable 1PB with multiple DAS for storage. Comparing the CEPH to vSAN is about the same (wasn't running it in production but the performance was greater with a cheap drive on Proxmox, performance with SAS drives is the same). XO-SAN was a way to mix a whole mismatch of drive and still get good performance but I would doubt the reliability.

DD
Real User
2020-06-15T07:34:00Z
Jun 15, 2020

We use the open-source version of Proxmox for automation and other uses, including LXC containers. We use it for my enterprise applications and to offer our hosted cloud-services.

it_user766425 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2019-10-23T05:52:00Z
Oct 23, 2019

We use this solution for Linux servers and contain our VM operating system servers.

AF
Real User
Top 20
2019-10-21T17:16:00Z
Oct 21, 2019

We use this solution to host our database, and also the Nextcloud private-cloud solution. We have an on-premises deployment.

IA
Real User
2019-10-21T17:16:00Z
Oct 21, 2019

We primarily use the solution in order to have an infrastructure set up on-prem. It enables flexibility in projects to set up virtual servers. Instead of having to go out and buy expensive solutions from VMware, for example, Proxmox fills the gap between flexibility and stability.

IR
Real User
2019-10-15T05:01:00Z
Oct 15, 2019

We primarily use the solution for some websites and applications.

Carey Butler - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2019-10-15T05:01:00Z
Oct 15, 2019

My primary use case for this solution is virtualization. We have an on-premises deployment.

Grant-Donald - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2019-10-13T05:48:00Z
Oct 13, 2019

Our primary use case is testing any software by Proxmox.

ER
Real User
2019-06-13T17:54:00Z
Jun 13, 2019

I use this solution as a virtualization and Linux container platform for a small-medium Enterprise. It's highly stable, flexible, expansible, and compatible. The characteristics of the software combined with the hardware performance allow for the deployment of services in many different and variable scenarios, especially on-site for companies that need this kind of deployment.

GF
Vendor
2018-04-21T00:17:00Z
Apr 21, 2018

We currently have more than 160 virtual machines and LXC containers on Proxmox in an all Linux production environment.

FR
Real User
2014-07-08T06:31:00Z
Jul 8, 2014

It is implemented in several Private Cloud Data Centers, from 5 to 16 nodes, from 256 GB RAM to 1 TB RAM, all using Supermicro Systems, running SQL servers, Application Servers ( SAP, Prothevs and some tailored Apps developed in house ) VDI and Files Repositories . all smooth and trouble free .

Proxmox VE is a complete virtualization management solution for servers. It is a powerful open-source platform and supports two virtualization technologies - KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) for virtual machines and LXC for containers. Proxmox VE has a central user interface that allows you to manage not only VMs and containers, but also storage resources, network configuration, and high availability for clusters. It is enterprise-ready and is valued for its scalability and maximum...
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