From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Feb 17 12:14:38 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3F92CE39E4; Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:14:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander.nusov@nfvexpress.com) Received: from sender-of-o52.zoho.com (sender-of-o52.zoho.com [135.84.80.217]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91A821A0B; Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:14:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander.nusov@nfvexpress.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1487333665; s=zoho; d=nfvexpress.com; i=alexander.nusov@nfvexpress.com; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:To; l=2543; bh=Dp0WRRa9QkywQvhJBugTpYEdoRtv5DT3AoizAIvXn8I=; b=PWohflxKthgkcXB3P6cx8D+Wk56K2ntbD49KJ/6K+inyqQZh45ZEgEjWuvImJpUJ /1s739fQD9kloLZF0ugtQmVOAr51Y2BBLd6jekbZqVi2Ma8kZui37PNXdKPDvTqRMxY +Kg4dxGLNKG15ZozxXOx333cZZPmSqa827IhBUgM= Received: from [192.168.1.68] (95-30-222-83.broadband.corbina.ru [95.30.222.83]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1487333664989701.5437218934198; Fri, 17 Feb 2017 04:14:24 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.2 \(3259\)) Subject: Re: Status of bhyve From: Alexander Nusov In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:13:49 +0300 Cc: Andrea Venturoli , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <59CBEFEE-5263-4CEF-AB0C-FE92BF74129C@nfvexpress.com> References: <607fc3c1-5546-dbce-488b-983163ff1e98@netfence.it> To: Shane Ambler X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3259) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:14:38 -0000 Hello, Do have plans for Suspend/Resume?=20 I'm really waiting for this feature. -- Alexander > On Feb 16, 2017, at 4:07 AM, Shane Ambler = wrote: >=20 >=20 > CC'ing to freebsd-virtualization as a better place to ask this. >=20 > On 16/02/2017 05:11, Andrea Venturoli wrote: >> Hello. >>=20 >> I've been searching the web for a while, but the info I got is sparse >> (many howtos, little on the big picture) and it's not always clear = what >> is current and what is outdated. >>=20 >> I might be in need to permanently run a Windows 64b VM (with SQL = server) >> on a new FreeBSD box, so... >=20 > Permanently as in a development environment or production? >=20 >> What's the current status of bhyve? >> I mean, it is it production ready (meaning no critical feature is >> missing and I can count on this VM to behave properly nearly as much = as >> the host)? >> Any difference between 10.3 and 11.0? (I got the idea the former will = be >> supported for longer and I'd have to upgrade my poudriere in order to >> install the latter). >=20 > 11.0 includes a "VNC accessible framebuffer driver" which is not in = 10.x > This will allow you to vnc into the bhyve instance during boot to > install/repair windows. >=20 > You will need to run poudriere on an 11 host to build 11 packages, > while you can sometimes have success building newer systems than the > host, building 11 packages on a 10 host does fail for many ports. >=20 >>=20 >> How well does it run Windows? >> Would I better run W7 instead of W10 (or the other way round)? >> What's the maximum amount of RAM I can dedicate to a VM? >>=20 >>=20 >> How does it compare to VirtualBox wrt to stability and performance? >> (I know I can find benchmarks, but, again, it's hard to tell whether >> they can be trusted or considered current). >>=20 >>=20 >> Should I use a dedicated disk (or disk mirror) for better speed? >> Or should I use a dedicated partition on the host's disk/disk mirror? >> Will a ZFS volume perform as good as a partition? >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> Any caveat or hint? >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> bye & Thanks >> av. >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > FreeBSD - the place to B...Sharing Devices >=20 > Shane Ambler >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"