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Date:      Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:07:01 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Multiple VM hosting using bhyve
Message-ID:  <a25cb936-d833-4cec-b1e1-ee8940bc2347@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20160927210207.GA34361@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
References:  <20160927201118.GC64360@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> <ff64db03-c468-aa4d-a7b0-7f5999656061@freebsd.org> <20160927210207.GA34361@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>

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On 2016-09-27 17:02, The Doctor wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 04:23:49PM -0400, Allan Jude wrote:
>> On 2016-09-27 16:11, The Doctor wrote:
>>> The big question:
>>>
>>> Can you host multiple virtual machines on one FreeBSD Box?
>>>
>>> I am thinking of hosting multiple Linux and maybe Win2016 VMs one one server.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, you can most as many VMs as you want, provided you have enough RAM,
>> CPU, and storage IOPS to power them all.
>>
> 
> Dual 1.7 Xeon 64 bit CPUs and 16 GB ECC Ram
> 
> should be plenty.
> 
> All right, what bhyve sequence do I need to 
> distinguish the taps and the guests?
> 
>> -- 
>> Allan Jude
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> 

When you invoke bhyve, just specify different tap devices. They do not
need to be sequential. Each bhyve has a name.

linux1 -> tap1
linux2 -> tap2
windows1 -> tap101

or whatever you want to do.

-- 
Allan Jude



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