need an explantion proxmox

[goatedpenguin]

So can someone give me a tl;dr or eli5 on what proxmox is as well as what are its use cases? TIA.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Its a hypervisor, a OS that runs OSes.

 

Just saying, google has a lot more info for these questions. Do you have more specific questions?

[goatedpenguin]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Its a hypervisor, a OS that runs OSes.

Oh so why would one you use proxmox and not say something like vbox, vmware, hyperv etc.?

 

 

Edited August 11 by goatedpenguin
nvm just found a link to another ltt post guide that says what it does in the first paragraph lol: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1083818-a-beginners-guide-to-proxmox/

[AbydosOne]

23 minutes ago, goatedpenguin said:

So can someone give me a tl;dr or eli5 on what proxmox is as well as what are its use cases? TIA.

Normally you run an operating system on a computer.

 

Proxmox belongs to a class of operating systems called "hypervisors" or "virtual machine hosts".

 

Inside of Proxmox, there's software that is very good at pretending to be a physical computer, but it can do that many times over with smaller sections of the host system's resources (CPU cores, RAM, disk space, networking bandwidth, etc). It can also pretend to be types of hardware that the host device isn't, for compatibility.

 

You can install other OSes inside of Proxmox (called "virtual machines") that will then operate as if they were installed on a physical computer.

 

1 minute ago, goatedpenguin said:

Oh so why would one you use proxmox and not say something like vbox, vmware, hyperv etc.?

Proxmox is just one of many options. It has the advantage of being built on open-source software, so it's auditable and readily well understood. It's also free, if you don't need support or enterprise options.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, goatedpenguin said:

Oh so why would one you use proxmox and not say something like vbox, vmware, hyperv etc.?

 

 

If the box is only running vms, a type 1 hypervisor like proxmox(or hyper-v, exsi, and others) is much better than virtual box. Compared to the other type 1 hypervisors its free for the full features, pretty easy to use and powerfull, and works in a lot of enviroments.

[goatedpenguin]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If the box is only running vms, a type 1 hypervisor like proxmox(or hyper-v, exsi, and others) is much better than virtual box. Compared to the other type 1 hypervisors its free for the full features, pretty easy to use and powerfull, and works in a lot of enviroments.

 

1 hour ago, AbydosOne said:

Normally you run an operating system on a computer.

 

Proxmox belongs to a class of operating systems called "hypervisors" or "virtual machine hosts".

 

Inside of Proxmox, there's software that is very good at pretending to be a physical computer, but it can do that many times over with smaller sections of the host system's resources (CPU cores, RAM, disk space, networking bandwidth, etc). It can also pretend to be types of hardware that the host device isn't, for compatibility.

 

You can install other OSes inside of Proxmox (called "virtual machines") that will then operate as if they were installed on a physical computer.

 

Proxmox is just one of many options. It has the advantage of being built on open-source software, so it's auditable and readily well understood. It's also free, if you don't need support or enterprise options.

Thanks for the reasoning and explanation behind this I usually use vbox/vmware but proxmox sounds very interesting. I did more research and found it is based on debian and uses kvm + lxc, supports scripting and a web interface. I am gonna give this a try just to learn haha.