Is there an open source alternative to Vmware vSphere Server? Like a Ubuntu or similar Distro with virtualization hosting built in?

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I am looking at turning my old Dell 2650 and 2950 servers into Vmware vSphere Servers, however vSphere is very very expensive.

Is there an open source alternative that provides the same performance as vSphere in a Ubuntu or Debian distro? I dont actually mean "Virtual box" or "Vmware player" but rather a server hypervisor that is easy to set up and host virtual machines on my network?

I think the OP is asking for a replacement of VCenter Server's host management capabilities, not an entire Hypervisor replacement. — Garry, Dec 04 '17 at 23:32

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited May 08 '18 at 19:07

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The Best Solution is http://www.proxmox.com/, It has pretty good web interface.

Proxmox VE

"Liberate your servers and move to an Open Virtualization Platform - Go Open Source!"

edited May 08 '18 at 19:07

Community

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answered May 07 '13 at 15:02

Qasim

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 03 '15 at 12:39

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You can implement OpenStack over Debian or vSphere.

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edited Apr 03 '15 at 12:39

karel

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answered Apr 03 '15 at 11:40

Deepak

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 30 '16 at 00:56

Check out this article on LinkedIn about using OpenStack as a VMware alternative. Especially if you are looking for private cloud features like self-services and automated provisioning.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vmware-a ... k-articles

Best of all you can run your OpenStack on Ubuntu without a hitch - it is Linux agnostic.

Intel recently migrated 17,000 virtual machines from VMware to OpenStack and reduced provisioning time from 90 days to 30 minutes while saving over $21 million in licensing (and counting). Download the white paper written by Intel engineers at

http://www.openstackready.com

openstack is a beast of a thing to deploy. – Sirex Oct 11 '16 at 01:01 — Sirex, Oct 11 '16 at 01:01

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 08 '17 at 12:48

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Red Hat's Virtualization platform: https://www.ovirt.org/ (open source upstream) https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/virtualization

answered Apr 08 '17 at 12:48

Justin Foreman

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 21 '13 at 22:56

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You can try http://www.xen.org or http://www.linux-kvm.org Both are open source.

answered Mar 21 '13 at 22:56

Catalin Besleaga

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 30 '16 at 01:19

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If you're looking for a turnkey'ish solution Ubuntu Autopilot, it uses MAAS and depoys openstack.

answered Mar 30 '16 at 01:19

Is there an open source alternative to Vmware vSphere Server? Like a Ubuntu or similar Distro with virtualization hosting built in?

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Proxmox VE

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