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Canonical LXD vs. SUSE Harvester

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Canonical LXD

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Canonical LXD

    Score9 out of 10
    		N/ACanonical LXD is a Linux container hypervisor.N/A

    SUSE Harvester

    Score10 out of 10
    		N/ASuse's Harvester is a cloud-native hyperconverged infrastructure. It is used to unify infrastructure workloads with Harvester and is designed to help operators consolidate and simplify their virtual machine workloads alongside Kubernetes clusters. Harvester is presented as a next generation of open-source hyperconverged infrastructure solutions designed for modern cloud-native environments. Suse Harvester is open source and free to use.N/A
    Pricing
    Canonical LXDSUSE Harvester
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Canonical LXDSUSE Harvester
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Canonical LXDSUSE Harvester
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Canonical LXDSUSE Harvester
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Canonical Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    SUSE
    It's great for provisioning any kind of virtual servers, but for now, we use it to provision only servers for Rancher managed Kubernetes clusters. But we are considering to provision also virtual servers for all kinds of needs on SUSE Harvester in the near future, as it's getting more and more mature with every release.
    Edgars Voroboks
    Senior Information Technology Specialist
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    Pros
    Canonical Ltd
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    SUSE
    • Fast to deploy new virtual machines
    • It's easy to use
    • Stable and ready for production
    • Free and open source
    • Has a strong community
    Edgars Voroboks
    Senior Information Technology Specialist
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    Cons
    Canonical Ltd
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    SUSE
    • It takes expertise to set up SUSE Harvester for production
    • You need to get used to SUSE Harvester to be as "fluent" as in VMWare ESXi
    • You need to well prepare for system upgrades
    Edgars Voroboks
    Senior Information Technology Specialist
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    Alternatives Considered
    Canonical Ltd
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    SUSE
    We used ESXi for years and were happy with it. Then we implemented Rancher managed Kubernetes clusters with nodes provisioned on VMware ESXi. Later, when SUSE Harvester came out, we started to provision SUSE Rancher nodes on Harvester. Both VMware ESXi and SUSE Harvester are great products, and I think - we are keeping both, at least for now, when SUSE Harvester is a young project.
    Edgars Voroboks
    Senior Information Technology Specialist
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    Return on Investment
    Canonical Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    SUSE
    • We can provision more virtual servers
    • It's cheaper than competitor products (tbh - it's free, if you don't need support)
    • It's easy to manage when you get used to it
    Edgars Voroboks
    Senior Information Technology Specialist
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