Proxmox Virtual Environment

infobox software
name = Proxmox Virtual Environment
developer = Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
latest_release_version = 0.9 Beta2
latest_release_date = release date|2008|07|22
operating_system = Own operating system/runs on bare metal
genre = Virtual machine/hypervisor
license = GNU General Public License
website = http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Main_Page

Proxmox Virtual Environment is an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. It is an open source project, developed and maintained by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH with financial support from Internet Foundation Austria (IPA).

Proxmox VE installs the complete operating system and management tools in 3 to 5 minutes (depends on the used hardware).

"Bare-metal" means that you start from a empty server - there is no need to install a base operation system.

Including the following:
* Complete operating system (Debian Etch 64)
* Partition the hard drive with LVM2
* Proxmox VE Kernel with OpenVZ and KVM support
* Backup/Restore tools
* Web based management interface

Please note, the complete server is used and all existing data is removed.

=Features=

*Runs on bare metal
*Uses hardware virtualization
*Replaces more costly solutions

=System requirements=

For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you got a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. Proxmox VE supports clustering, means that multiple Proxmox VE installations can centrally managed via the included cluster functionality.

Proxmox VE uses local storage (DAS), there is no need for expensive SAN equipment.

Minimum requirements for evaluation:

* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard (for KVM Full Virtualization support)
* Minimum 1 GB RAM
* Hard drive
* One NIC

Recommended system requirements:

* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended, Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard (for KVM Full Virtualization support)
* 4 GB is good, more is better
* Hardware RAID with batteries backup
* Fast hard drives, best results with 15krpm SAS, Raid10
* One NIC

=See also=
* Comparison of virtual machines
* VMware Infrastructure