Proxmox Virtual Environment
Proxmox Virtual Environment is a complete, open-source server management platform for enterprise virtualisation. It tightly integrates the KVM hypervisor and Linux Containers (LXC), software-defined storage and networking functionality on a single platform.
From one web interface you manage virtual machines and containers, storage, networking and high availability for whole clusters, with backup and restore, live migration, storage replication and a firewall built in. Its multi-master design needs no separate management server, so a cluster has no single point of failure.
It is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3 and built on Debian. A subscription adds the stable Enterprise Repository and support from Proxmox.
What it does
Virtualisation
- Virtual machines (KVM) and lightweight containers (LXC) on one platform
- Linux, Windows and BSD guests, with near bare-metal performance
- Live snapshots, hot-plug devices, PCI(e) pass-through, UEFI with Secure Boot and TPM
- An import wizard for VMware ESXi virtual machines
High availability
- Multi-master clusters with no single point of failure
- Automatic failover, with watchdog-based fencing
- Live migration between nodes, without downtime
- A load balancer for HA-managed guests
Storage and networking
- Local ZFS and LVM-Thin, shared NFS and iSCSI, and distributed Ceph
- Hyper-converged setups, compute and storage on the same nodes
- Software-defined networking and an integrated firewall
Operations
- A central web interface, a REST API and a command line
- Built-in backup and restore, with Proxmox Backup Server integration
- Role-based permissions and several authentication sources
Proxmox VE subscriptions
Proxmox’s recommended prices, yearly. With one of our managed dedicated servers, tick “Include Proxmox VE” when you order and the socket count is filled in for you. For your own hardware, or a whole cluster, ask us for a quote.
| CommunityStarting out | BasicFor growing businesses | StandardMost popular | PremiumAll you will ever need | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priceper CPU socket, per year, excl. VAT | €120 in 1, 2, 4 socket packs | €370 | €550 | €1,100 |
| Support | Community forum | Proxmox Customer Portal | Proxmox Customer Portal | Proxmox Customer Portal |
| Response time | — | 1 business day | 4 hours, within a business day | 2 hours, within a business day |
| Remote support (SSH, HTTPS) | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Offline key activation | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Proxmox Datacenter Manager repository and support | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| First-line support from us | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Every level carries the complete feature set and the stable Proxmox Enterprise Repository. Response times are Proxmox’s, within a business day, for tickets raised through the Proxmox Customer Portal.
How a subscription works
A year at a time
A subscription runs for a year from purchase and renews automatically for another. Bought with one of our servers, the first year is on the server’s first invoice and each renewal is invoiced on its own.
Cancel whenever you like
Switch renewal off in the portal, or ask us, at any time. The subscription runs to the end of the year paid and then stops. Years already paid are not refunded.
Upgrade, not downgrade
A subscription can move up a level during the year, but not down. To go to a lower level, let it end and start the new one at renewal.
Licensed by the machine
Proxmox VE is licensed per occupied CPU socket, and every socket in the server needs covering; on our servers we count them for you. Proxmox Backup Server is licensed per server. Community subscriptions come in 1, 2 and 4 socket packs.
Moving hardware
A subscription key is bound to one server. If the hardware changes, the key can be reissued for the new machine up to three times a year at no cost; we do it for you.
Support, from us and from Proxmox
We are your first point of contact at every level. You can also contact Proxmox Enterprise Support directly at any time, and doing so changes nothing about what we owe you.
These follow Proxmox’s own subscription agreement, which governs the support Proxmox provides. Prices exclude VAT: Greek customers pay 24%; businesses elsewhere in the EU with a valid VAT number are reverse-charged.
Talk to an engineer who runs it.
Tell us what you run today and what you want to move. We will tell you what the Proxmox side looks like, which subscription fits, and what it costs.
Lambda Twelve is an official reseller partner of Proxmox Server Solutions.
Proxmox® is a registered trademark of Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH in the EU, the U.S., and other countries. Product information and downloads are at proxmox.com.