Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:13:49 +0300 From: Alexander Nusov <alexander.nusov@nfvexpress.com> To: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> Cc: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status of bhyve Message-ID: <59CBEFEE-5263-4CEF-AB0C-FE92BF74129C@nfvexpress.com> In-Reply-To: <dd7e4c69-76b4-d696-be58-0dd44f220205@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <607fc3c1-5546-dbce-488b-983163ff1e98@netfence.it> <dd7e4c69-76b4-d696-be58-0dd44f220205@ShaneWare.Biz>
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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 <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> = 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 is current and what is outdated.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"
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