From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 29 00:10:46 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4CDD156 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:10:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f45.google.com (mail-pb0-f45.google.com [209.85.160.45]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B601E18E8 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:10:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id un15so1041884pbc.4 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:10:39 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=UAAjTLbY4lqmJ+uvbhMRw1WX5NCW07mDUN2QnVq+RO8=; b=GzhfzrruYGiNNSqexjeoL2Mfi+zLcWPYRd/U5oiVUQ8a5VIB+VnLpbDjncefKVMuAW pUj8D0MOFPF5X82QJWSKrVw4/kPrBpQ0c7v9ErJnQ4DHxq8DPEYfAei817JMeLJfvVLq sWFW4u4TSttNOljLEIv8bLRHVxhdpx/2vdwlXlYutlOTujfZ9S0c1aby1od7ext/EKZ1 SSsavGc8dCWZhSXgPARLMSTwrcokK8tHflvjedfjPVUtsuKkuKKwHwmFaDuLZ3I2kT7a uqVpkpiqHFm5i9L5oJZirN/mQuqG0RivppQRLvph9by/urosB8jJLvVhkekdzALDV7N8 bYPQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQntOb1BeqGD4jVPo6rMAluwiRSKF4IFQIpjaUSPqyx9K3aLFY6uuAdr7pJvG/HBtUBXMpoF MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.69.20.11 with SMTP id gy11mr4666869pbd.64.1390954239142; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:10:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.176.5 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:10:39 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [79.55.209.58] In-Reply-To: <52E8181D.3080805@freebsd.org> References: <52E7D666.30503@freebsd.org> <52E8181D.3080805@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 01:10:39 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: BHyVe - ESXi comparison From: Andrea Brancatelli To: Peter Grehan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:10:46 -0000 That's a lot of interesting input. Tomorrow we'll rearrange everything and redo all the testing. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Andrea, > > > unfortunately we've been a bit sloppy in tracking the time output >> because initially it was just an internal test, thus we don't have the >> details. >> > > No problems. > > > We're setting up a new round of tests we'll run tomorrow and we'll track >> user/system/real in a more precise way; I will also publish a graph with >> the three stacked piles. >> > > Thanks, that'd be great. > > Some suggestions: if you're not already, I'd recommend using ahci-hd for > disk images instead of virtio-blk. The AHCI emulation uses a thread for > block i/o so won't block the VM on reads. > Also, I'd recommend using a network login to the guest rather than > running something from the console. The UART emulation in bhyve will resu= lt > in a lot of VM exits, which can impact performance. > > later, > > Peter. > > --=20 *Andrea BrancatelliSchema 31 S.r.l. - Socio UnicoResponsabile ITROMA - FIRENZE - PALERMO ITALYTel: +39. 06.98.358.472* *Cell: +39 331.2488468Fax: +39. 055.71.880.466Societ=C3=A0 del Gruppo SC31 ITALIA*