SUSE Harvester is a great virtualization platform
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use SUSE Harvester to provision virtual machines, which later form SUSE Rancher managed Kubernetes clusters. We chose Harvester because it's +) Stable and production ready; +) Open source; +) Backed up by a strong community and stable and cloud solutions-oriented company - it won't disappear in one day; +) Easy to use.
Pros
- Fast to deploy new virtual machines
- It's easy to use
- Stable and ready for production
- Free and open source
- Has a strong community
Cons
- 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
Return on Investment
- 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
Alternatives Considered
VMware ESXi
Other Software Used
VMware ESXi, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure