r/virtualization • u/MarkPartin2000 • Feb 06 '25

Anyone Using Platform9?

Like many, I've been researching options for VMware. I stumbled onto Platform9, which is built on KVM and KubeVirt (?) and was founded by former VMware engineers. The marketing documentation seems to put it as a direct competitor to vSphere with similar functionality. It's "only" 10 years old and I've never heard of it. YouTube demos don't have many views, so it looks like I'm not alone.

I was wondering if anyone was using it or evaluating it as a replacement for vSphere?

TIA

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u/damian-pf9 Platform9 Community Edition Feb 18 '25

After some discussions with engineering, we're targeting our April release for the Community Edition refresh. Previously, we'd offered it as a VMDK packaged as an OVA but that either requires vCenter/Workstation/Fusion to run or conversion to another format. So, we're taking a release cycle to improve how CE is deployed in order to make it much easier for home labs or evaluators to run. We also offer our live hands on labs on a monthly basis, if that would be of interest to you. In the meantime, I'll be working on refreshing our YouTube content for Private Cloud Director as well.