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Date:      Mon, 6 Aug 2018 00:07:13 +0100
From:      Paul Webster <paul.g.webster@googlemail.com>
To:        Tomasz Rola <rtomek@ceti.pl>
Cc:        FreeBSD virtualization <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Seeking advice on virtualization
Message-ID:  <CADdqeiM8rNGGgw7vyUT%2BCGxmcct93NK9xHCFGf4g2B6dG_xhrA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180805224205.GB17784@tau1.ceti.pl>
References:  <20180805224205.GB17784@tau1.ceti.pl>

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In theory as ZFS works on both linux and BSD you could simply use vdevs and
snapshots for easy transport

On 5 August 2018 at 23:42, Tomasz Rola <rtomek@ceti.pl> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 05, 2018 at 05:12:34PM -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> > I am looking for advice on which virtualization to experiment with
> > first.  What are the pros and cons of bhyve vs xen?  I want to use
> > FreeBSD as a host and have maximum flexibility with guests (mostly
> > Linux distros).
>
> Right now I cannot give you pros and cons about specific solutions (I
> am sure someone else will), but I would advice that you keep using raw
> hard drive format.
>
> I.e. one where the layout of virtual drive is like what you would get
> by doing "cat </dev/harddr >someemulateddrive". This makes it easier
> when you decide to try another virtualisation / hypervisor. Or maybe
> even switch between back and forth (but, of course, not run two
> different hypervisors at the same time, on same machine - last time I
> checked such a stunt was not possible).
>
> --
> Regards,
> Tomasz Rola
>
> --
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