Alternative to ESXi 5.1
by linux69 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5HY80)
Hi
I've been running ESXi 5.1 on an old computer for a few years now. I had Windows 8.1 mostly but sometimes I put other OS to experiment with them. Now the drives are running out of space. I tried to migrate to larger hard drives using Macrium, but that didn't work. Now I am looking to move over to something completely open source and preferably Linux based so it is light. I also would like to be able to run Windows VMs on it as well as linux. If there is something that will allow me to import my ESXi VMs that would be great, but not a big problem. I can just reinstall and copy my database.
What would be a good alternative. I can provide the machine specs later today, but it is 8 years old.
I see KVM and Xen are popular options, but the reason I am here is I want to make sure that whatever I pick I don't find myself stuck with limitations down the line.
Thanks
I've been running ESXi 5.1 on an old computer for a few years now. I had Windows 8.1 mostly but sometimes I put other OS to experiment with them. Now the drives are running out of space. I tried to migrate to larger hard drives using Macrium, but that didn't work. Now I am looking to move over to something completely open source and preferably Linux based so it is light. I also would like to be able to run Windows VMs on it as well as linux. If there is something that will allow me to import my ESXi VMs that would be great, but not a big problem. I can just reinstall and copy my database.
What would be a good alternative. I can provide the machine specs later today, but it is 8 years old.
I see KVM and Xen are popular options, but the reason I am here is I want to make sure that whatever I pick I don't find myself stuck with limitations down the line.
Thanks