Moving from KVM to VirtualBox
by SRUTEXMAN47 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6P5AD)
I have two threads on here... this is the first one...
I have a CENTOS 7 Server on a Cisco UCS C200 M2 Server. With end of support for CENTOS 7 I am looking to move that server to a Rocky 9 server. I have the VMs XML created and moved along with the data space (qcows) and saved a copy offline to a NAS storage. I also have a PLEX server with a decent size library. The Backup is backed up, and the key Plex files are backed up and storage again on the NAS.
The question is is KVM the best solution for the VMs (I have a AD Windows Domain Server for my local network), a Windows 11 box and a Rocky 8 VM that runs my Zabbix Network monitoring solution. I have been reading that Virtualbox is better as per performance, and I have experience with both but I have not used Virtual box in years... so I am rusty. Is it better to migrate the VMs I have to Virtualbox and are there steps that I need to follow for the proper conversion and migration? OR is KVM/Qemu still better? It would be easier to use the KVM solution but just not sure.
Any ideas would be great - sorry this is not a technical question just an informational one but it will help me greatly!
Cheers,
Tom
I have a CENTOS 7 Server on a Cisco UCS C200 M2 Server. With end of support for CENTOS 7 I am looking to move that server to a Rocky 9 server. I have the VMs XML created and moved along with the data space (qcows) and saved a copy offline to a NAS storage. I also have a PLEX server with a decent size library. The Backup is backed up, and the key Plex files are backed up and storage again on the NAS.
The question is is KVM the best solution for the VMs (I have a AD Windows Domain Server for my local network), a Windows 11 box and a Rocky 8 VM that runs my Zabbix Network monitoring solution. I have been reading that Virtualbox is better as per performance, and I have experience with both but I have not used Virtual box in years... so I am rusty. Is it better to migrate the VMs I have to Virtualbox and are there steps that I need to follow for the proper conversion and migration? OR is KVM/Qemu still better? It would be easier to use the KVM solution but just not sure.
Any ideas would be great - sorry this is not a technical question just an informational one but it will help me greatly!
Cheers,
Tom