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2019-06-25T10:24:00Z

What is the biggest difference between Proxmox VE and XenServer?

One of the most popular comparisons on IT Central Station is Proxmox VE vs XenServer.

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What is the biggest difference between Proxmox VE and XenServer? Which of these two solutions would you recommend to a colleague evaluating server virtualization software and why?

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reviewer1046250 - PeerSpot reviewer
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2019-07-25T16:26:20Z
Jul 25, 2019

None of them. I would prefer KVM.

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2019-07-23T01:13:23Z
Jul 23, 2019

You should go with Proxmox for many reasons, including not needing a specific Windows Application to manage it, where with Proxmox you can manage all with a browser. Also, Proxmox has a native integrated Ceph Storage control.

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