From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 29 19:52:18 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 D38F0AB9 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:52:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: from smtp1.bway.net (smtp1.v6.bway.net [IPv6:2607:d300:1::27]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A31AA2C18 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:52:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from toasty.sporklab.com (foon.sporktines.com [96.57.144.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: spork@bway.net) by smtp1.bway.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 06B5F95858; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:52:10 -0400 (EDT) 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> In-Reply-To: <4175937E-67BB-4A29-AC13-81ABFBC19E03@inoc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <2567535E-A359-4D23-8D9C-B82A13B642CE@bway.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Charles Sprickman Subject: Re: Virtualizing FreeBSD... Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:52:08 -0400 To: Robert Blayzor X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) 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: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:52:18 -0000 On Jul 29, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Robert Blayzor wrote: > On Jul 29, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Rasmus Fauske = wrote: >>> I completely disagree. I've even started a ridiculously long thread >>> about FreeBSD's nonstop crashing on VMWare ESXi. We moved to = entirely >>> new hardware, rebuilt the VMs from scratch, new SANs, different ESXi >>> versions, etc. Never fixed it. VMWare kept saying "not a bug" and >>> refused to support FreeBSD, even though they claim to. >>>=20 >> I have been running FreeBSD on several ESXi setups and have never had = any other problem then not so speedy io. No crashes or anything. >>=20 >> What problems did you have ? >=20 >=20 > I have to second that. I've not had any problems with FreeBSD 8.x or = 9.x on ESXi 5.x. The only issue I've run into is lack of support for = jumbo frames using the e1000 driver. I'll third that except for this one, which was quite fun to troubleshoot = (only big symptom was that pf was running out of states, and I couldn't = see the traffic that would drive it to that 'state'): http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2032586 Disk IO isn't super impressive, but I have little to compare it to. Also not thrilled about having to use vmware tools built for FreeBSD = 6.x, or not being able to quiesce writes during snapshots. But it works, and with less cursing than I've heard from people running = Xen and all the confusing variants thereof. Charles >=20 > --=20 > Robert Blayzor > INOC, LLC > rblayzor@inoc.net > http://www.inoc.net/~rblayzor/ >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > 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"