Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 21:37:31 +0300 From: "Vladislav V. Prodan" <universite@ukr.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tell a minimum requirement for RAM for virtual machines (virtualbox) Message-ID: <4DD8066B.2020307@ukr.net> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikAyZis1N8%2BhMZjC%2B5yZy1TQ4bPLw@mail.gmail.com> References: <4DD638C1.7080007@ukr.net> <BANLkTikAyZis1N8%2BhMZjC%2B5yZy1TQ4bPLw@mail.gmail.com>
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21.05.2011 18:57, Adam Vande More wrote: > Couple things to think about. Virtualbox by default doesn't obey flush > cache commands. This is potentially a very bad thing so you'll want to look > a changing the default for any ZFS VM, and probably any VM doing DB > operations unless speed is more of a priority than data integrity. > > The other thing to keep in mind is i386 binaries use less RAM than their > amd64 counter parts. For this reason, I always make my VM's 32 bit to > achieve higher VM density. I have not had trouble with ZFS on i385 with > 1GB+ of RAM when following the recommended tuning, but I haven't used a > heavily used them either. > > I prefer to use the MFSBSD ZFS v28 i386 iso for the install. > Thanks for the recommendation, but I have all the workers of the amd64 and tests in the i386, with its restrictions did not see the point. Now start the virtual machine to 150MB RAM, FreeBSD 8.2-CURRENT amd64 on ZFS. -- Vladislav V. Prodan VVP24-UANIC +380[67]4584408 +380[99]4060508 vlad11@jabber.ru
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