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This is one reason I don't run RHEL on bare metal, but only on a VM(ware) host. I know it's not free, and not cheap, but I'd rather not hassle with issues like
by akulbe 9y ago
This is one reason I don't run RHEL on bare metal, but only on a VM(ware) host. I know it's not free, and not cheap, but I'd rather not hassle with issues like that.
- virtualwhys 9y agoESXi is most definitely free if you can live without the enterprise features. For example, in many setups a max of 8 cores per VM is sufficient, and IIRC there are no longer memory or storage limits for the free tier. The web admin (which replaces phased out vCenter admin interface) is pretty decent. Between that and the cli you're sorted for most non-enterprise use cases. But yeah, if you need vMotion and all the other orchestration features, the licensing is...far from free.
- flyinghamster 9y agoIndeed, I considered the idea of installing Ubuntu Server and then putting CentOS 7 into a KVM guest. In the end, just using a desktop machine for the testing system was more practical. I would have been far happier if they retained the driver as an "unsupported" option with a warning during installation, rather than flat-out removing it.