vSphere Alternatives

Microsoft Hyper-V overall is a fantastic option to build infrastructure on if you're company is already harnessing other Microsoft products such as Windows Server. While it has its quirks and scaling pains (expensive on hardware, requiring constant capital expenses), I've found it extremely solid for SMB and mid-sized clients. Most clients are already using some Microsoft services which allows for simple integration into that environment. Overall, I would use Hyper-V assuming there are no immediate future plans (2-3 years) of scaling rapidly.

I've genuinely enjoyed the expericence of using Nutiax's hyperconverged platform, and its an easy five star rating. The reliability of the solutionstands out above everything else. But what elevates the experience i the people behind the product, every nutanix expert i've interacted with has been knowledgeable and genuinely invested in helping.

Professional level linux distro that satisfies many business needs at both the server and client machine levels. There are only 3 linux distributions that I would trust for such endeavors and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is one of them.

It is best suited for environments that need open-source, customizable stacks. It offers great performance and control but requires clear and unambiguous planning and expertise. It works well with hybrid and cloud native setups. Alongside this, it is useful for enterprises that are already using Linux.

Our experience with XenServer has been very positive. The platform has delivered solid virtualization performance, dependable day-to-day operations and good value for the organization.

We've been using Red Hat Virtualization for a few years to run internal systems and some development workloads on-prem. At the time, we were already using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so RHV felt like a natural extension of that setup. In day-to-day use, it was stable and did what we needed; mainly managing virtual machines and keeping our infrastructure running. Most of our workloads were Linux based, which worked well. It wasn't always the most intuitive platform, but once everything was set up, it ran reliably without too many issues.

Reliable for the workloads we're already running on it. However, due to it officially being a legacy product that is no longer receiving updates / new features, we are not using it for any new workloads.

Been using Proxmox for a while now and overall I'm really happy with it. It handles our workloads well, stays stable even under heavy load, and once you get the hang of the web UI it's pretty straightforward to manage. The upgrade from version 8 to 9 wasn't the smoothest experience, there are quite a few steps involved and things can break if you're not careful, but it's manageable if you prepare well. Solid platform overall, would recommend it to anyone looking for an open-source virtualization solution.