From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 01:47:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C6416A5DA for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:47:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D6A43CAA for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:47:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kBJ1lZ9n003265 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:47:35 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.99] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.99]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kBJ1lZWF008545 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:47:35 -0800 Message-ID: <458744B7.9010705@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:47:35 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4586ADC2.9030807@networktest.com> <200612181903.26955.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200612181903.26955.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.12.18.172933 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:47:44 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Monday 18 December 2006 09:03, David Newman wrote: > >> This page compares various virtual machines: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines >> >> Unfortunately it appears very few support FreeBSD as a host OS. >> >> I would greatly appreciate advice, anecdotes, or cautionary tales of any >> VMs that: >> >> - run on FreeBSD (amd64 or x86) as a host OS >> >> - run *nix guest OSs at or near native speed >> >> "You really need as the host OS" is a perfectly valid >> response too. >> >> many thanks >> >> dn >> > > > partially afraid of being flamed, but im sure most will understand, but when i > recently downsized my operation into virtual machines on a single host, i > chose linux with the free vmware-server. vmware offers any type of > networking set up i need, as well as consoles over the web or applications > (in linux or windows), and on top of that, vmware server has full sets of > vmware-tools that will control freebsd guests perfectly (ie, when i call > shutdown on the host, each guests shuts down properly as the host waits for > each one). i have 5 (production) separate servers running as guests, and > they run well enough that i cant really even tell they are virtual. > > i really think bang for the buck, linux/vmware is the way to go for a > production level VM setup. > > cheers, > jonathan This is assuming that you have APM setup though on the client OS? I agree though, vmware is a good product in Windows / Linux. Too bad they don't directly support FreeBSD though. -Garrett