From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 3 02:16:12 2009 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 33AB110656A4 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:16:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f202.google.com (mail-pz0-f202.google.com [209.85.222.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08E338FC12 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:16:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk40 with SMTP id 40so3604575pzk.7 for ; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:16:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=20j0HmNTFIQSDiD3gaFb45wo5VFQifkn4ZeuvTceu9w=; b=TerOqSM8VGJNoqYZDe5Yl/fDZWyx53F8aiCLkRYe7DYnYBVafTZGRgVTbXNxKlzsbe 7UpHrswTAaWyTduXTRdbQOCmuYOVKvZE1ZHrK03w7b3UnW0thchRhLQHmHlMgZk+m1RE 0T0sBJGG5XDxhdztKw7u0GG0rwLdSMtHqdCcM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=EtbjmK2umE1rN7csPDtDbI51pgBbYlcOAe/w2crc5pl6H5l1AAV6gqMUKdSLYV7G8s ayM2+9A4R1DQdp2Ervzle3AY3hDTmOKZ50TvIJ0cWQt+tTvP1oK+pSJkTIi59QIZKhlk m8QhyFbCWnbMpEAWd7uqUS2uyxuWTwB2AMM9c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.1.21 with SMTP id 21mr6560wfa.293.1257214571764; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:16:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:16:11 -0600 Message-ID: <6201873e0911021816k14ec30fbi6f0b3201d257b9dd@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Peter Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xen or virtualbox or vmware ? 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: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:16:12 -0000 On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Peter wrote: > iH, > Trying to setup a new 'virtual' environment. > Goal is to run freebsd in a virtual environment for ease of management and > just because I've finally got _new_ hardware that isn't ~7++ years old. > > So far thinking of going > netbsd -> xen -> freebsd/whatever [if it'll work] > or would the following be better? > linux -> xen -> freebsd/whatever > or > freebsd -> virtualbox -> freebsd/whatever > or [don't really care for] > linux -> vmware workstation -> freebsd/whatever > [my generic hardware doesn't work with esx[i]] > > Has anyone done something similar, especially the xen type of setup or > would one recommend a freebsd and virtualbox ? > What dom0 have you found to work best with xen? > > Just looking for thoughts/ideas/experience. > > ]Peter[ > > Building my own similar setup right now actually. I've got an OpenSolaris, NetBSD, and FreeBSD cd burned and ready to go. In days gone by, you'd answer use Xen of course. However, VBox has made a great deal of progress lately making my decision more difficult. At this point, I'm leaning towards OpenSolaris because of Dom0 support and ZFS. At work I use Debian Lenny w/ Xen and ganeti which is good. However, I'm used to better documentation and a more consistent layout which IMO the Penguin sucks at, and I mean get ready for a world class donkey punch because if you're not already a skilled user you'll need to become one to figure out any sort of non-standard customization you might want. Also have to use grub when running xen. Grub config is pretty easy but full of gotchas. As also mentioned, jails are great and way more efficient than either xen or vbox, but sometimes you can't run fbsd. -- Adam Vande More