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> I think most VPS hosting providers are running on VMWare. This is highly unlikely. VMware is too expensive for a VPS provider to achieve profitability.
by redundantly 3y ago
> I think most VPS hosting providers are running on VMWare.
This is highly unlikely. VMware is too expensive for a VPS provider to achieve profitability.
- refulgentis 3y agoIt seems highly unlikely they're not successful and selling for $64 billion. I don't get it either :/
- brianwawok 3y agoF500 companies are paying them millions in licenses to save 10x their hardware cost.
- swozey 3y agoIt's usually proxmox or virtuozzo, or some other kvm front end. I've worked at 4 huge webhosts and they never used vmware for vps/shared servers. Only our dedicated customers paying for support (think RAX) used vmware and that was their own.
- parasubvert 3y agoVMware is extremely common in hosted solution providers. This is not just web hosting, this is hosting stuff like your payroll or ERP systems.
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- redundantly 3y agoThere a big difference between hosted solutions and VPS services. VMware might be used a lot in the former, but in the latter it's mostly KVM or Xen.