Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:11:07 +0000 From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Lucas Mocellin <lucasmocellin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD guest on VMware ESXi Message-ID: <5D97E3D2-BA06-445B-8000-02BA49C27C45@lists.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <CAFsUHaYVV0xGk8djccZfVVcvaRBKxJyEzOidFe1b96SkosUVTQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFsUHaYVV0xGk8djccZfVVcvaRBKxJyEzOidFe1b96SkosUVTQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19. Dec 2011, at 17:34 , Lucas Mocellin wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I may have mistaken sending my question here, if so, please let me know. > > I would like to get more information about FreeBSD as a guest on VMware > ESXi. I'm having some issues about performance (specially Harddisk I/O). > I'd like to know which custom kernel should I compile and stuff like this. > Right now I'd like to make a customize kernel to run on VMware, but I dunno > exactly which devices I should choose, which ones work best on VMware. > > FreeBSD handbook has just a little about this, it's more about parallels > and VirtualBox. > > if somebody else could give me a tip, I appreciate a lot that. any help is > welcome. 1) chose SCSI disks not ATA in ESXi for the FreeBSD guest 2) if you have IO problems that usually means that your host hardware sucks, i.e. you have a raid controller but no battery etc. Also which hardware seems to make a difference but that's not specific to the FreeBSD guest. /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb You have to have visions! Stop bit received. Insert coin for new address family.
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