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Proxmox VE Datasheet 1/4 © Proxmox Server Solutions Gmbh | KEY FEATURES Datasheet Proxmox Virtual Environment 6 AT A GLANCE OVERVIEW • Complete open-source platform for Proxmox VE is a complete open-source solution for enterprise enterprise virtualization virtualization that tightly integrates KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, software-defined storage and networking functionality on a single • Easy management of compute, platform. With the central user interface you can easily run VMs and network, and storage with the containers, manage software-defined storage resources and networking central web interface functionality, highly available clusters, and multiple out-of-the-box tools • 100% software-defined architecture like backup/restore, live migration, storage replication, or the integrated • Two virtualization technologies firewall. Proxmox VE enables you to virtualize even the most demanding supported: KVM hypervisor & Linux Linux and Windows application workloads. Container (LXC) By combining two virtualization technologies on a single platform, • Web-based UI, CLI, API Proxmox VE provides maximum flexibility to your data center. It includes strong high-availability (HA) support and—thanks to the unique multi- • High-Availability (HA) Cluster master design—you don’t need an additional management server thus Manager saving resources and allowing HA without single point of failure (SPOF). • Live Migration ENTERPRISE-READY • Built-in services: firewall, backup/restore, storage replication, Enterprises use the powerful Proxmox VE platform to easily install, etc. manage and monitor hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI) in their data center. Multiple authentication sources combined with role-based user • Open-source license GNU AGPL, v3 and permission management enable full control of the HA clusters. The • Enterprise support agreements REST API enables easy integration of third-party management tools like for example custom hosting environments. The future-proof and open-source development model of Proxmox VE guarantees full access to the products source code as well as maximum flexibility and security. Proxmox VE Datasheet 1/4 © Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH | www.proxmox.com KEY FEATURES • Included Proxmox VE HA Simulator for testing. INDUSTRY-LEADING ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT INTERFACE • • Linux and Windows servers, 32 and 64 bit Integrated - no need to install a separate operation systems. management tool or any additional management • Support for the latest Intel and AMD server chip node. • sets – for great VM performance. Fast, search-driven interface, able to handle • Performance relative to bare-metal for real-world thousands of VMs. • enterprise workloads. Based on the Ext JS JavaScript framework. • • Management layer containing all the capabilities to Secure HTML5 console, supporting SSL. • manage and monitor an open-source software- Fast and easy creation of VMs and containers. • defined data center. Seamless integration and easy management of a whole cluster. OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE • Subscription management via GUI. • • Published under the free and open-source GNU A JAX technologies for dynamic updates of Affero General Public License, version 3 (AGPL, V3: resources. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html) COMMAND LINE (CLI) • Designed to ensure cooperation with community • • Public code repository (Git) Manage all components of your virtual environment. • • Bugtracker for issue tracking CLI with intelligent tab completion. • • Community support forum Full UNIX man page documentation. • Documentation, Wiki, video tutorials, how-tos,... REST API ENTERPRISE SUPPORT AGREEMENT • Easy integration for third-party management tools. • • Subscriptions to ensure business continuity. REST like API (JSON as primary data format). • • Exclusive access to the stable Enterprise Repository. Easy and human readable data format (native web • Updates and version upgrades via GUI. browser format). • • Professional support from the Proxmox developers. Automatic parameter verification (verification of return values). HIGH-AVAILABILITY CLUSTER • Automatic generation of the API documentation. • • No single point of failure (no SPOF). Easy way to create command line tools (use the • Multi-master cluster. same API). • • Manage the HA settings for KVM and LXC via GUI. Resource Oriented Architecture (ROA). • • pmxcfs—unique Proxmox VE Cluster File System: Declarative API definition using JSON Schema. database-driven file system for storing configuration SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE files replicated in real-time on all nodes using • Corosync. Local storage such as ZFS (encryption possible), • Based on proven Linux HA technologies, providing LVM, LVMthin, ext4, and XFS. • stable and reliable HA service. Shared storage such as FC, iSCSI or NFS. • • Resource agents for KVM and containers (LXC). Distributed storage such as Ceph RBD, CephFS or • Watchdog-based fencing. GlusterFS • Encryption support for Ceph OSD and ZFS FENCING • Unlimited number of storage definitions (cluster- • The Proxmox VE HA Manager uses self fencing wide). provided by hardware Watchdog or kernel Softdog. • No simultaneous data access or corruption. • Works „out-of-the-box“. Proxmox VE Datasheet 2/4 © Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH | www.proxmox.com KEY FEATURES LIVE MIGRATION BACKUP AND RESTORE • Moving QEMU virtual servers from one physical • Full backups of VMs and containers host to another with zero downtime • Live snapshot backups • Multiple schedules and backup storage STORAGE REPLICATION STACK (ZFS) • GUI integrations, but also via CLI • Built-in open-source storage replication framework. • "Backup Now" and restore via GUI • Redundancy for guests using local storage. • All jobs from all nodes can be monitored via the GUI • Data availability without using shared storage. tab “Tasks” • Asynchronous replication. • Minimize data loss in the case of a failure. TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION • Improve reliability, fault-tolerance, and accessibility • Providing high security. of your data. • 2 types: Time-based One Time Passwords (TOTP) and YubiKey. HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE (HCI) WITH CEPH MULTIPLE AUTHENTICATION SOURCES • • Integrated Ceph, a distributed object store and file Proxmox VE supports multiple authentication system. sources. • • Run Ceph RBD and CephFS directly on the Proxmox Linux PAM standard authentication (e.g., 'root' and VE cluster nodes and manage Ceph via GUI. other local users) • • Easy-to-use installation wizard for Ceph. Built-in Proxmox VE authentication server • • Proxmox delivers its own Ceph packages. Microsoft Active Directory (MS ADS) • • Ceph support is included in the support agreement. LDAP VIRTUALIZED NETWORKING ROLE-BASED ADMINISTRATION • • Bridged networking model User and permission management for all objects • Each host with up to 4094 bridges (VMs, storage systems, nodes, etc.) • • TCP/IP configuration Proxmox VE comes with a number of predefined • IPv4 and IPv6 support roles (lists of privileges) which satisfies most needs. • VLANs The GUI provides an overview the whole set of • Open vSwitch predefined roles. • Permissions to control access to objects (access PROXMOX VE FIREWALL control lists). In technical terms they are simply a • Supporting IPv4 and IPv6. triple containing <path,user,role>. Each permission • Linux-based netfilter technology. Stateful firewall, specifies a subject (user or group) and a role (set of provides high bandwidth. privileges) on a specific path. • Distributed: main configuration in Proxmox VE VM TEMPLATES AND CLONES cluster file system, iptable rules are stored in nodes. • • Cluster-wide settings Deploying VMs from templates is blazing fast, very • 3 levels of configuration (data center, host, VM/CT) comfortable, and if you use linked clones you can optimize your storage by using base images and thin-provisioning. • Linked and full clones. „Exactly what we needed: High availability features, ease of use and proper integration of a shared storage technology (Ceph) without the need to set up separate storage systems.“ Martin Gollowitzer, Voluntary System Administrator at FSFE Proxmox VE Datasheet 3/4 © Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH | www.proxmox.com LEARN MORE HELP AND SUPPORT Wiki: https://pve.proxmox.com Proxmox Customer Portal: Community Forums: https://my.proxmox.com https://forum.proxmox.com/ Support Forum: https://forum.proxmox.com Bugtracker: https://bugzilla.proxmox.com TRAINING PROXMOX VE Code repository: https://git.proxmox.com Learn Proxmox VE easily – Visit a training: HOW TO BUY https://www.proxmox.com/training Visit the Proxmox Online Shop to purchase a ABOUT PROXMOX subscription: http s ://shop.maurer-it.com Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH is a software Find an authorized reseller in your area: provider dedicated to develop powerful and www.proxmox.com/partners efficient open-source server solutions. The SALES INQUIRIES privately held company is based in Vienna (Europe). [email protected] Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH Bräuhausgasse 37 1050 Vienna Austria [email protected] https://www.proxmox.com © 2019 Proxmox. All Rights Reserved. All brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders..
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