VMware to Proxmox TCO Calculator.

Quantify your enterprise savings by migrating from per-core Broadcom VMware vSphere licensing to open-source Proxmox VE hypervisor clusters with enterprise support.

Current Virtualization Footprint

Physical CPU Sockets: 16

2 Sockets64 Sockets

Average CPU Cores per Socket: 32

8 Cores64 Cores

Total Virtual Machines (VMs): 120

Broadcom VMware Rate per Core ($ / year): $350

$180 (vSphere Standard)$650 (VCF Cloud Foundation)

Proxmox Support Tier:

3-YEAR TOTAL COST COMPARISON

Estimated 3-Yr Savings: $471,820

Total Physical Cores:512 Cores

VMware Annual Cost:$179,200 / yr

Proxmox VE Annual Cost:$17,760 / yr

Turnkey Migration Allowance:$12,500 (One-time)

Cost Reduction:88% Lower TCO

✓ Zero Core Penalty: Proxmox licenses per physical CPU socket regardless of whether you run 16, 32, or 64 cores per socket.

✓ Ceph & ZFS Native: Included software-defined storage with zero add-on per-terabyte license surcharges.

✓ Live Migration: Proxmox VE live storage migration enables zero-downtime cutovers using virt-v2v and NFS staging.

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ENTERPRISE MIGRATION FRAMEWORK

How XOOPIE Engineers VMware to Proxmox Transitions

Phase 1: Discovery

Workload Dependency Mapping

We catalog all VM compute ratios, VLAN configurations, vSAN storage tiers, and IOPS requirements to size hardware with precision.

Phase 2: Staging

Clean Room Hypervisor Cluster

We deploy Proxmox VE clusters on Debian kernels with redundant 25G/100G Corosync fabrics, automated Ceph storage pools, and PBS backup vaults.

Phase 3: Cutover

Zero-Downtime Live Migration

We execute batch live-migrations using QEMU disk mirrors and virt-v2v with verified test failovers and immediate rollback guarantees.