Proxmox VE Primary Use Case

reviewer1373829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Propriétaire et Technicien Système at MBTechnologies.ca

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.

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Toby Champion - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Consultant at Toby Champion Associates

I utilize Proxmox VE primarily for running virtual machines instead of containers, especially for services that require the entire environment of a VM. Some of these services are easier to manage within a VM. Additionally, I use Docker for certain other services, running them within virtual machines hosted on Proxmox. Moreover, I ensure backup of my devices by utilizing a separate machine for backups.

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Kalpa Prabashwera - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Technology System Administrator at Sumathi Holdings

I primarily use the solution for different virtual servers. I'm using it for snapshots and backups. 

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BF
IT supervisor at Fox-it solutions KG

We primarily use the solution for general virtualization for all sorts of services. 

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MarcGrob - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of the Systems Department at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Esmeraldas

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

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PC
Software Engineer at NTInet

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. 

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SL
Sr Linux Administrator at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees

Proxmox creates an environment for writing script and virtualizing. I'm the senior finance administrator and I work in a research department in the health arena. 

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KH
Technical Operations Manager at Ocient, Inc.

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

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AK
Cloud Engineer, Content Writer at Planet Flora

We use the solution for virtualization and Apache cloud stack backend. It is mainly used for storage. We are using the FTP application on Proxmox VE.

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Jan Baran - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Specialist at Uczelnia Techniczno-Handlowa im. Heleny Chodkowskiej w Warszawie

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

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JM
IT Solutions Architect

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

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OzgurEkinci1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Solutions Executive at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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

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FR
IT Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

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 .

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TT
Product Manager Assistant at NTNC

We are a service provider and we use Proxmox VE. We use the virtualizer mainly.

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Idris Aliyu - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a insurance company with 201-500 employees

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

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MT
Systems Engineer at SkyNet

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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Tanvir Siddique - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Officer at ADN Telecom

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.

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AF
CISO And Senior Cloud Engineer at Kamena

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

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RR
Director IT at Servnet

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.

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KH
Technical Operations Manager at Ocient, Inc.

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. 

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RN
Operations Director at Clear Basics Ltd

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.

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Carey Butler - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Heurist GmbH / Heuristica Information Services

I am using it to virtualize microservices.

I have also begun to integrate Proxmox into my DevOps pipeline through scripting.

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IA
General Manager at Elogic

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. 

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RS
Power BI Developer at a engineering company with 51-200 employees

We use VM for high availability. 

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DD
Director & CTO at TechnoInfotech

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.

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DM
Infrastructure Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

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

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RH
Assistant Information Technology Manager with 51-200 employees

We use it wherever we need virtualization.

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ER
ICT Solution Especialist with self employed

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.

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LE
Head of IT Operations at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

At the moment, it's used for the virtualization of everything within my test environment.

I'm not using the newest version of Proxmox.

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DD
Founder, President at Everyman Technologies, inc.

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.

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Saiful Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees

We use the solution for managing infrastructure like VMs.

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MA
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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. 

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RC
Information Technology Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

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.

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BH
Systems Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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

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CT
Technical Support Analyst at a government with 10,001+ employees

I needed a free virtualization solution for training, development work, and application testing with the ability to quickly deploy VMs based on a single VM template and snapshots.

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Parikshit Kumar Bais - PeerSpot reviewer
IoT Engineer -Researcher at RACKBANK DATACENTERS PRIVATE LIMITED

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

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JL
Virtualization Solutions Specialist at datec

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.

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KG
Principal Chief Executive Officer at Sebitech

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

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AF
CISO And Senior Cloud Engineer at Kamena

We use this solution to host our database, and also the Nextcloud private-cloud solution.

We have an on-premises deployment.

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MD
Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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

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JL
Sub-director with 51-200 employees

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

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Carey Butler - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Heurist GmbH / Heuristica Information Services

My primary use case for this solution is virtualization.

We have an on-premises deployment.

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Grant-Donald - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Consultant at Excellenta

Our primary use case is testing any software by Proxmox.

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ER
Support Analyst at EDXINFO

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)

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GF
‎Director of Computing Platforms at NetFortris

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

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AC
Jefe de Servicio de Ciberseguridad at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We are implementers and we implement solutions for our customers.

We tested Proxmox VE as a solution to build our applications

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IR
System Administrator at I-net globalindo

We primarily use the solution for some websites and applications.

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it_user766425 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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

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Proxmox VE
March 2024
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