Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 23:28:36 +0100 From: "Luis P. Mendes" <luislupe@gmail.com> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: bhyve with Linuxes as guests - shared filesystem Message-ID: <CAMYA1yPC__twkn=750EdXGz-mDTp-RHwMUjQmKhq9gpTMc=HpQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, In a FreeBSD host, I'm running a Slackware Linux guest. I'd like to share a `zfs` filesystem between those two OSes and with one other Ubuntu Linux system to be installed. There are three options that I can think of: 1. Have a `virtio-blk` option to `bhyve` and loading `zfs` modules for the Linux OSes. 2. Share the filesystem through `nfs` 3. Share it through `samba` For `1.`, the disadvantages I see are: a. `zfs` would have to run in the two Linux OSes in user mode. b. it would consume much RAM to have three `zfs` managers running at the same time. For `2.`, I don't see any disadvantage. Regarding `3.`, as I don't use Windows, it doesn't seem to offer any advantage over `2.`. Hence my question: regarding the experience many of you have with shared file systems between FreeBSD and Linux systems, what do you have to say about reliability (locks, ...) and performance(1) of the options presented, or even of other ones. Luis PS (1). I know I should do performance tests myself but would like to hear from your experience.
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