I never ran ESXi in production
The author had a working VMware stack and got priced out. I evaluated both, picked Proxmox in 2024, and built on it without ever running ESXi in production. It reads as either incompetent or contrarian until the rest of the post lands.
- ▪The author had a working VMware stack and got priced out.
- ▪I evaluated both, picked Proxmox in 2024, and built on it without ever running ESXi in production.
- ▪It reads as either incompetent or contrarian until the rest of the post lands.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 1483498) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Kanu Kingsley Posted on Jul 26 • Originally published at iamkay.eu I never ran ESXi in production #proxmox #homelab #selfhosted #virtualization Most "why Proxmox" content in 2025-2026 is a migration story driven by Broadcom's ESXi pricing changes. The author had a working VMware stack and got priced out. I'm not that author. I evaluated both, picked Proxmox in 2024, and built on it without ever running ESXi in production. Two years in, I'd make the same call.
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