SUSE Virtualization (formerly Harvester) is an open-source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform built on Kubernetes. It runs on bare metal servers and combines KVM-based virtual machine management, distributed block storage, and networking in a single cluster. It manages virtual machines (VMs) and containers together, and SUSE positions it as an open-source alternative for operators moving off traditional virtualization stacks.
Senior Information Technology Specialist in Information Technology at Latvenergo AS (Oil & Energy, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose SUSE Virtualization (formerly Harvester)
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 …
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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.
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.
