From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 29 14:23:40 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 028499F3 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:23:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpielorz_lst@tdx.co.uk) Received: from mail.tdx.com (mail.tdx.com [62.13.128.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF56F2988 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:23:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Mail-PC.tdx.co.uk (storm.tdx.co.uk [62.13.130.251]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.tdx.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/) with ESMTP id r6TENcDP013082 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:23:38 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:23:42 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Virtualizing FreeBSD... Message-ID: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:23:40 -0000 Hi, Anyone got any recommended / "works for them" advice on what's the best virtualization platform to run FreeBSD under? (apart from FreeBSD itself) - we're looking for something commercial / with management etc. (e.g. HyperV/ESXi etc.) We've got some experience running it under VMware - but are looking for one that offers good driver support (i.e. not 'emulated hardware' for NIC / disks)? The experience we've had so far hasn't been brilliant from an I/O point of view (hence the push to find out who/what supports FreeBSD better for I/O drivers) - there's only so far an emulated E1000 can go :) Thanks, -Karl