ProxmoxVE is a minimal debian install combined with OpenVZ for hypervirtulization and KVM for full virtualization.  It then puts a web interface for management.  I used to use it in a lab on two dell rackmount servers.  It allowed for clustering of servers, including live migration.  If you store the KVM instance on a SAN, even KVM instances can be live migrated.  This package is fantastic and would make an interesting test build project if you wanted to take it to that level.

Kevin

On Mar 24, 2011 5:52 PM, "Eric Shubert" <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
> On 03/24/2011 01:56 PM, Kevin Fries wrote:
>> One of my favorite tools for testing multiple distros has always been
>> ProxmoxVE
>>
>> http://pve.proxmox.com
>>
>> It is wicked cool. Think of VMWare ESX, Open Source edition. It uses KVM
>> to build virtual machines on top of a "striped to its shorts" version of
>> debian. I used to use this in a lab environment all the time.
>>
>> Just another option
>> Kevin
>
> I'm with Kevin. I haven't tried ProxmoxVE (yet), but if you have a good
> plan that includes KVM, then the decision of "which distro" becomes much
> easier to deal with. AFA the best hypervisor for desktops, that's
> debatable. I think the top contenders at this time are KVM and Virtualbox.
>
> If I were starting from scratch, I'd go with KVM. There several other
> KVM management tools available as well in addition to Proxmox. See
> http://ajmf.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/management-interfaces-for-the-kernel-virtual-machine-kvm/
> for a rundown.
>
> VirtualMachineManager is also simple and effective. The others are
> probably overkill for the desktop.
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
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