From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 24 14:52:29 2011 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 8B7A71065670 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:52:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E8B28FC1E for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:52:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxe4 with SMTP id 4so1340115fxe.13 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:52:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=xY/JvaO4MZJ/OUGoN/QJkMn397RQmVrXJ1s1RxICPJ8=; b=I5IO7q8jf+RK+xngimKik2D4wsg+pLuuW/4wqbvbUaucHtepuW/wb4HFZ54zcBkzM2 rmiqZJnjZSjJ1pfeGnFe5xEWGUEidvGPiAcF/Xv2B4+VlQpdG10u5PpyqG5rhs7fTjcj hanJYIfWZbaFH/2o30bSUyW7RSA8ct56bR6b0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.71.155 with SMTP id h27mr7298417faj.126.1314197547970; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:52:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.120.72 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:52:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E54FBB4.7020308@rktmb.org> References: <4E54D165.7090202@nagual.nl> <201108241148.p7OBmUYo003209@fire.js.berklix.net> <20110824133352.0668ce0a@gumby.homeunix.com> <4E54FBB4.7020308@rktmb.org> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:52:27 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Mihamina Rakotomandimby Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: to come from Linux to FreeBSD 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: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:52:29 -0000 On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > In my particular case, I think if I must use NetBSD to virtualize a > FreeBSD, it's cheaper (in time) to stick with Linux and launch a KVM with > FreeBSD inside. > Virtualbox isn't slow when compared against XEN, it's rather the other way around(depending on the nature of VM load). http://www.ilsistemista.net/index.php/virtualization/1-virtual-machines-performance-comparison.html?start=18 I think you'd find Vbox to be very much on par with KVM although there are a few of the extension features not available when using FreeBSD as the host OS e.g. hi speed usb, not sure if the pci-passthrough works with 4 on FreeBSD. -- Adam Vande More