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Re: Creating a server Image solution.

Mm, so now I'm intrigued. Most Linux distro's come with virtualisation "out of the box", Ubuntu for example comes with KVM/Libvirt/libvirtmanager which allows you to manage lots of VM's distributed over multiple servers. Proxmox for a more enterprisey solution .. what do you get from VMWare for Linux that doesn't come with the free options? Kinda feels like there must be something significant for people to pay and be subject to a relatively restrictive license, but it's not something I'm aware of?

I used...
Mm, so now I'm intrigued. Most Linux distro's come with virtualisation "out of the box", Ubuntu for example comes with KVM/Libvirt/libvirtmanager which allows you to manage lots of VM's distributed over multiple servers. Proxmox for a more enterprisey solution .. what do you get from VMWare for Linux that doesn't come with the free options? Kinda feels like there must be something significant for people to pay and be subject to a relatively restrictive license, but it's not something I'm aware of?

I used...

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