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Proxmox vs VMware Comparison
Proxmox virtual machines (VM) are highly popular with home server aficionados, whereas VMware sits squarely at the front of the enterprise VM market. Both of these tools offer free and paid versions, but with vastly different features and support at that level. This article compares the use cases, license options, performance, and extra features for Proxmox vs. VMware.
Use cases for Proxmox vs. VMware
Proxmox and...
Nagios XI Server Monitoring: Product Overview and Insight
Bottom Line:
Many Linux administrators have started out their careers using the open source Nagios platform, and with Nagios XI they can extend that experience with a full featured, commercially supported platform.
A key differentiator for Nagios is the expansive community of users that have created all manner of plugins that extend the capabilities of the platform.
Nagios is the vendor name as well as the name...
Datadog Server Monitoring Software: Product Overview and Insight
Bottom Line:
Datadog is all about providing organizations with data and insight into how their applications are working (or not). The Datadog service key differentiator is its ability to provide a layered set of data visualizations, helping organizations to correlate root cause and performance issues across multiple sets of disparate metrics.
Server applications including web server, operating system and database application servers are supported by Datadog,...
HPE OneView: Product Overview and Insight
While the term "software defined" appears in the product pages of many enterprise IT vendors, it doesn't always mean the same thing. HPE adopted the phrase "composable infrastructure" to describe their Synergy platform, which is an evolution of their blade system line of products. The secret sauce of composability is also software-based and consists in the form of HPE OneView.
HPE announced version 4.1 of...