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Are there any better alternatives to SolusVM2 and VirtFusion for personal use?
anbelevebel
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Hey everyone,
I've been testing SolusVM2 and VirtFusion back to back and I find SolusVM2 easier to use and way cheaper but lacks the ability to create IPv6 only and IPv4 VMs in the same hypervisor. You need to allocate separate hypervisors if you want IPv6 only VMs. However IP management seems a lot easier in SolusVM2.
VirtFusion on the other hand has the ability to create IPv6 only and IPv4 VMs in the same hypervisor which is a great future but doesn't seem to have anything better to justify the $18 price tag versus $8.5 for SolusVM when paid yearly.
Is there any better alternative which is as easy as SolusVM2 to use but has the ability to create IPv6 only and IPv4 VMs together in the same hypervisor and also supports live migration?
Proxmox seems too complicated tbh.
For personal use only. Not for reselling so billing features aren’t important.
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If this is for personal use, VirtFusion seems to have a non-commercial license that's $50 for the year or $30 for 6 months.
If it's for personal use, just use Proxmox. Yeah, it might be complicated, but you'll get used to it pretty quickly.
It's for personal use but not non-commercial. I just won't resell or anything. VirtFusion's license is for non-commercial use it seems.
Personal use is non commercial. You're not selling anything to anyone, just managing VMs for yourself?
Do you know if I can;
with Proxmox?
Haven't tried it but this is also stated to be free for personal use: https://github.com/ConvoyPanel/panel
Yes, I'm managing the VMs myself and no one has access to them other than me but I'm still making money out of them. It's our business's VMs. So technically the business is making money even though we're not directly selling the VMs. I'm not sure but I thought this would be considered commercial use.
I see - I don't think I'd consider that personal use.
I read their docs and it seems far from ready for production use to me. Other than that, it seems nice for little hobby projects.
Maybe OpenStack?
Maybe DevStack?
+1 to this, there is also a huge community for Proxmox so if you encounter issues it's usually pretty easy to resolve or troubleshoot.
Maybe some of these Proxmox tutorials might be helpful?
Faster, Easier Proxmox Install On A Hetzner Dedicated Server!
Installing Proxmox VE 6.2 at SoYouStart
Postinstall Configuration of Proxmox VE 6.2
Creating our first LXC VPS with Proxmox VE 6.2 at SoYouStart
How to Create and Setup a Debian KVM VPS with Proxmox VE 6 — Part I — Creation
How to Create and Setup a Debian KVM VPS with Proxmox VE 6 — Part II — Debian Install
How to Create and Setup a Debian KVM VPS with Proxmox VE 6 — Part III — Network Configuration
By @Maounique:
Basic setup of Proxmox in an OVH environment with NAT and IPv6 enabled containers
Yes you can do all these things with proxmox.
Yes, you can cluster them together and perform live migrations although some limitations might apply.
Depending on your company size we can be flexible on this. Just approach us if interested, maybe we can work something out.
I maintain a few servers which is primarily used for a 'friend cloud' - or generally just giving friends VPS/access to them for cost price.
I probably make £10-15 a year or so out of rounding errors. Would this be okay within these terms?
I probably won't pick it up as I already have a home-made solution using Proxmox, but I really like VirtFusion and it might be nice if I come to commissioning a new server in the future to throw it on there.
Thanks.
This. People use Proxmox and other solutions. But people, including me, really like Virtfusion. I wish Virtfusion were open source.
Thank you for your suggestions. I decided to go with VirtFusion after contacting Phill and told me I can use non-commercial license for our use-case.
Cheers!
I am working on my own open source vps management panel. It won't be finished in at least 3-6 months, but once it's done, you could take a look at it.
Proxmox is also very good.
Proxmox as always.
Proxmox is very simple and easy to get around imho
Then again, for someone who is not so familiar with server administration i guess it can be a bit daunting at first