From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 1 21:57:45 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@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 ESMTP id 3EC14ED4 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (secure.freebsdsolutions.net [69.55.234.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F4E72E21 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:57:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.10.1.32] (office.betterlinux.com [199.58.199.60]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r91LvWQp068555 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 1 Oct 2013 17:57:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: Virtualizing FreeBSD... From: John Nielsen In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:57:41 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <28B5C851-C39F-4576-AEAD-069C41B17AAD@jnielsen.net> References: <91400827-DCA1-4B2F-AC6F-3287E0C85600@gmail.com> <1375125021.26149.2939727.6C668A92@webmail.messagingengine.com> <51F6C03A.3050508@postboks.org> <4175937E-67BB-4A29-AC13-81ABFBC19E03@inoc.net> <1375127404.6230.2955695.0E397D86@webmail.messagingengine.com> <58B07564-EFD8-4912-822D-E7FF73B5E6C1@gmail.com> To: Karl Pielorz X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-DCC-sonic.net-Metrics: ns1.jnielsen.net 1156; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.8 at ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org 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: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 21:57:45 -0000 Sorry to reply so late to the thread, but no one else seems to have = mentioned it-- I've had very good luck running FreeBSD VM's under Linux's KVM with Qemu = and libvirt. All components are open source but support is available = from a number of vendors including Red Hat. HA and live migration = between hosts are possible if using shared storage. FreeBSD's virtio = drivers for storage and Ethernet perform quite well in this setup. On Jul 31, 2013, at 3:33 AM, Karl Pielorz = wrote: >=20 > Thanks to everyone who replied - we've certainly got a lot more info / = options to look at now, than we originally had, >=20 > Regards, >=20 > -Karl > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20