From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 10:55:31 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD23C16A46B for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:55:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85CF213C458 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:55:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 928 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2007 04:55:20 -0600 Received: from 124-170-40-102.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.40.102) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 20 Dec 2007 04:55:12 -0600 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:54:36 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071220215436.0c596cb5@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20071220184322.5ad659d4@meijome.net> References: <74F0F91EA046A1B9EAB79AF7@ganymede.hub.org> <20071220184322.5ad659d4@meijome.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.3; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: OSS Virtualization options ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:55:31 -0000 On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:43:22 +1100 Norberto Meijome wrote: > wrt to QEMU,i don't think is fast enough to make it worth it - i think you'd gain more by moving a bit to the side of freebsd for the host and using other options (linux+ Vmware + freebsd as guest) I meant this in the context of using QEMU to run multiple simultaneous VMs for server virtualisation. I think it works OK(ish) for , say, running Windows on your bsd box....but i don't think you can compare it to something like Xen or VMWare or MS Virtual Server probably a bit behind Qemu in speed would be BOCHS, though I think it is a bit more flexible wrt to the machines emulated. B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.