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Date:      Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:44:54 -0500
From:      Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com>
To:        Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
Subject:   Re: Taking bhyve step forward enterprise grade
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VALE is in 10.3, the netmap backend: IDK. It's in pfSense 2.3 (based on 10.3=
).=20

-- Jim

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> is it builtin already in 10.3? or in current only?
>=20
> =D7=91=D7=AA=D7=90=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9A 19 =D7=91=D7=9E=D7=A8=D7=A5 2016 18:5=
5,=E2=80=8F "Jim Thompson" <jim@netgate.com> =D7=9B=D7=AA=D7=91:
>>=20
>> > On Mar 19, 2016, at 10:55 AM, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mar 19, 2016, at 8:12 AM, Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> hi,
>> >> are there ongoing job on taking bhyve further steps toward enterprise s=
cale
>> >> like:
>> >> 1. high availability, rules on vms (like affinity rules in vmware: eg a=
n
>> >> app vm and sql vm go together...), vmotion...
>> >> 2. network virtualization like vmware nsx...
>> >
>> > The wiki pages probably the best place for general info on bhyve curren=
t and planned features: https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve
>> >
>> > Live migration is a planned feature. HA rules and other automation and o=
rchestration are probably beyond the scope of what bhyve itself is aiming to=
 achieve, though such features could easily be provided by additional script=
s and tools.
>> >
>> > What specifically are you after in terms of network virtualization? Aga=
in, bhyve itself isn't intended to be a giant umbrella but FreeBSD does supp=
ort many networking features which could support network virtualization (and=
 which work fine with bhyve).
>>=20
>> VALE is built-in to FreeBSD, and with the new netmap back-end for bhyve, s=
erves as a good =E2=80=98base=E2=80=99 for a vswitch.
>>=20
>> Jim
>>=20



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