Debunking Proxmox Myths xByte OnPrem Pros

In this episode of On-Prem Pros, hosts Ryan Brown and Josh Moss are joined by Barry Stetler and Dejan Protich from ARPHost to break down some of the biggest myths surrounding Proxmox. They dive deep into the reality behind support options, scalability, security, and core features like HA, Ceph storage, SDN, backups, monitoring, live migrations, and even LXC containers, showing how Proxmox performs in production and how it stacks up against VMware.

Key Points

• Proxmox is a mature, enterprise-ready platform with strong community and commercial support options.
• Many commonly believed myths are debunked with clear examples and expert insight.
• Proxmox offers robust virtualization features like HA, SDN, Ceph storage, and even LXC containers, often without additional licensing costs.
• ARPHost provides fully managed Proxmox environments, both on-prem and in the cloud, with deep expertise in migrations and support.
• Feature parity with VMware is much closer than most people realize and, in some cases, Proxmox even delivers capabilities VMware does not.
• Proxmox delivers scalable performance without licensing bloat, making it cost-efficient for on-prem and hybrid cloud environments.

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