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Date:      Wed, 9 Feb 2022 02:10:50 +0000
From:      tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   general zfs/zvol question
Message-ID:  <YgMiqoFU5SapPf17@cloud9.zyxst.net>

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Hello experts,

What would you think would run faster, all else being equal:

1. a freebsd vm, the image being file-backed (i.e. the empty vm image=20
initially created with say "truncate -s 64g freebsdvm.img) on a freebsd=20
zfs filesystem on the host, and the installed filesystem on the guest=20
being UFS, or

2. a freebsd vm, the image being zfs-backed (ie a zvol) and the installed=
=20
filesystem on the guest being UFS, or

3. the same as example 2, the guest filesystem being zfs?

for context this is recent stable/13, so OpenZFS, and the guest vm would=20
have 4*vCPU and 16GB vRAM

I *think* example #2 would be fastest, if the underlying zfs vol was also=
=20
using zstd compression. But I'm only guessing, and it's not a qualified
guess. I'm wondering if anyone has done this and what their impressions wer=
e.

thanks,
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J.

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