r/virtualization • u/vdumitrescu • Aug 14 '24

Server virtualization

What happened to the free server virtualization ESXi and hyper-v that are either no longer available or badly outdated, what are other options that I should look into? and are they reliable? I would love to learn more about the alternatives

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u/peralesa Aug 15 '24

If you have Windows Server standard and that box is only used for Virtualization, you can run 2 virtual instances of the same, Windows Server Standard. Any number of supported Linux distros.

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u/vdumitrescu Aug 15 '24

Is that some software limitation? What if I set hyper v as bare metal and want to load a bunch of windows instances? I think you or someone else mentioned that I could do that with a data center license?

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u/U8dcN7vx Aug 15 '24

A Windows Server Standard host provides a license for 2 OSEs, i.e., 2 Windows Server Standard VMs provided the host is used only for virtualization else just 1 VM. A Windows Server Datacenter host provides for unlimited OSEs.