Broadcom offers ESXi for free again

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#319370 18-Apr-2025 14:24

So last week I was doing some patching and discovered while downloading patches that Broadcom are now offering 8.0 free edition again

Seriously their name has been mud after they ditched their community edition just over a year ago and moving to a subscription model.

Customers have been moving to the likes of Proxmox and someone in the executives have listened.

Let's hope it stays that way, next step remove the subscription model, no one likes to be a tenant in their environment

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#3365358 18-Apr-2025 14:30

Let's be honest though, Proxmox is rock solid, I'll use that over ESXi any day.

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#3365375 18-Apr-2025 15:11

CamH:

Let's be honest though, Proxmox is rock solid, I'll use that over ESXi any day.

I was a Hyper-V house... until I installed proxmox on a test server... now I use nothing but proxmox.

From a laptop, to a T630 to my main server the ML110 G9 (that I got off GZ too!)

Ramblings from a mysterious lady who's into tech. Warning I may often create zingers.

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#3365479 18-Apr-2025 21:45

Hi like many, we have moved to Proxmox and to be honest are way better off, and classically our organisation is/was wed to VMware, but no longer. We are enjoying the advantage of open source with way more features to explore.

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#3365482 18-Apr-2025 22:15

Ditto - Proxmox here too. For a homelab these scripts are amazing: https://community-scripts.github.io/ProxmoxVE/

Broadcom not just shot their foot, but blew up their foot with what the did. Everyone has lost trust are are looking at alternatives.

Michael Murphy | https://murfy.nz
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