Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:48:10 +0200 From: "Felix J. Ogris" <fjo-lists@ogris.de> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtualizing FreeBSD... Message-ID: <51F68EBA.104@ogris.de> In-Reply-To: <E1772891B3BA6EDA2EC23274@Mail-PC.tdx.co.uk> References: <E1772891B3BA6EDA2EC23274@Mail-PC.tdx.co.uk>
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On 07/29/13 16:23, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Anyone got any recommended / "works for them" advice on what's the best > virtualization platform to run FreeBSD under? (apart from FreeBSD > itself) - we're looking for something commercial / with management etc. > (e.g. HyperV/ESXi etc.) Hi, we've run FreeBSD 7 to 9 amd64 under ESXi for the last years. We had some issues with emulators/open-vm-tools (stalled network connections resulting in high load, but no crashes). I'd either choose native VMware tools (available, stable, and decent performance with FreeBSD 9.x under ESXi 5.x, though I haven't benchmarked this) or stick to em0. I've never tried Vmware's paravirtualized disk controller, though. --Felix > We've got some experience running it under VMware - but are looking for > one that offers good driver support (i.e. not 'emulated hardware' for > NIC / disks)? > > The experience we've had so far hasn't been brilliant from an I/O point > of view (hence the push to find out who/what supports FreeBSD better for > I/O drivers) - there's only so far an emulated E1000 can go :) > > Thanks, > > -Karl > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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