Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:47:35 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS? Message-ID: <458744B7.9010705@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200612181903.26955.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <4586ADC2.9030807@networktest.com> <200612181903.26955.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Monday 18 December 2006 09:03, David Newman wrote: > >> This page compares various virtual machines: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines >> >> Unfortunately it appears very few support FreeBSD as a host OS. >> >> I would greatly appreciate advice, anecdotes, or cautionary tales of any >> VMs that: >> >> - run on FreeBSD (amd64 or x86) as a host OS >> >> - run *nix guest OSs at or near native speed >> >> "You really need <some other OS> as the host OS" is a perfectly valid >> response too. >> >> many thanks >> >> dn >> > > > partially afraid of being flamed, but im sure most will understand, but when i > recently downsized my operation into virtual machines on a single host, i > chose linux with the free vmware-server. vmware offers any type of > networking set up i need, as well as consoles over the web or applications > (in linux or windows), and on top of that, vmware server has full sets of > vmware-tools that will control freebsd guests perfectly (ie, when i call > shutdown on the host, each guests shuts down properly as the host waits for > each one). i have 5 (production) separate servers running as guests, and > they run well enough that i cant really even tell they are virtual. > > i really think bang for the buck, linux/vmware is the way to go for a > production level VM setup. > > cheers, > jonathan This is assuming that you have APM setup though on the client OS? I agree though, vmware is a good product in Windows / Linux. Too bad they don't directly support FreeBSD though. -Garrett
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