| Feature | XCP-NG / Xen Orchestra | Proxmox |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | XCP-ng documentation | XCP-ng documentation | Proxmox VE |
| Paid Support Options | Yes | Yes |
| Base Operating System | CentOS (but very customized & lightweight) | Debian |
| High Availability | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Hosts per pool/cluster | 64 | Depends on hardware per their documentation (50?) |
| Container Management | not natively suported | LXC container managment |
| Web console for VM Management | Via Xen Orchestra as a VM (XO Lite in the fututre) | Native to the system |
| Live VM Migration between hosts | Yes | Yes, but only to other hosts in cluster |
| Live Disk Migration | Yes | Yes |
| Local Storage (see documentation) | ZFS, EXT, LVM | ZFS, BTRFS,LVM,EXT |
| Shared Storage (see documentation) | NFS, iSCSI, CephFS, GlusterFS, MooseFS, CephRBD, CephiSCSI GW | NFS, iSCSI, CephFS, GlusterFS, CefRBD |
| Thin Provisioning | Yes,depends on stroage type | Yes,depends on stroage type |
| Max supported VM Disk Size | 2TB | More than 2TB, depends on back end |
| Hyperconverged setup | Yes, via XOSAN | CEPH & ZFS options |
| Update Management & Automation | Yes, via XO or via package manager | Yes, via web interface or packacge manager |
| Integrated VM console view | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Network: VxLAN, SDN, Firewall… | Yes (see documentation) | Yes (see documentation) |
| Cloud Init | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Full, incremental, delta, replication via XO | Yes via Proxmox Backup Appliance |
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Lawrence Systems tutorials on XCP-NG
Learn Linux TV Proxmox course
https://www.learnlinux.tv/proxmox-virtual-environment-full-course-class-1-getting-started/
Learn Linux TV Proxmox Backup
https://www.learnlinux.tv/proxmox-backup-server-full-getting-started-guide/
Related video:
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I watched… thanks for that. I’ve tried XCP-NG a couple of times and couldn’t get things working the way I like quickly enough to get me to move from proxmox which I converted to back when ESXi took a dump on me.
Anyhow, I wanted to note that backups in proxmox don’t need their backup appliance at all. I added a NAS network share as an available storage source (NFS, SAMBA, iSCSI, etc) and so long as you designate it as being available for VZDump Backups you can setup scheduled backups and snapshots into your already existing resources from the proxmox web management client or the cli.
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Here is an excellent post by @olivier.lambert who runs Vates, the company behind XCP-NG & Xen Orchestra covering some very important details regarding the history and architecture of the hypervisors
Haha. I see we spammed the XCP-NG video comments about proxmox enough to warrant this video. I haven’t watched this video yet but thanks Tom for covering this. I actually am running both XCP-NG and proxmox in my home-lab but haven’t hammered on it enough yet to really make a decision on what would work better, and which has the potential to scale into enterprise environments better.
Really nice comparitive analysis. I’m a hardened Debian user of 20 years, and have never ventured to CentoOS or RedHat. But XCP-NG to me offers a construct that will bring me over to CentOS for the first time.
I see through the analyis that XCP-NG offers a far more powerful solution, in terms of how you can intricately design, develop, and continually evolve how your system management operations work. Whereas with Proxmox I can see a clear glass ceiling.
I’m always of the philosofy do it right, do it once. So I will certainly invest up front in XCP-NG as a platform with far grater runway, and much deeper potential.
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While I concur with your comment, I will not say that one is absolutelt superior to the other. Both XCP-NG and Proxmox have a place in enterprises of all sizes. For the SMB market space my preference is Proxmox since it is a much simpler install, has a good interface for admin and has better support for ZFS, LXC containers.
Business owners are questioning VM Ware’s commitment to the smaller markets that have been using its products for years. To me this is a signal to market alternatives.
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@g-aitc — How’s your experience been with LXC containers? I’ve never used them. Usually just defer to Docker if needing a containerized application.
So far so good. Client has a very well versed in house IT manager who has put together a great team of contractors and consultants. they were buying a line of bus app that was LXC wanted some guidance. no issues.
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