Re: Hypervisor ( was Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? )
> Yes, virtualbox is not that bad. However, to get some really nice > features, you need the non-free version. Also, we can use citrix's > xenserver's management tool to manage non-citrix xen clusters, because > the API is same. With that we get a management tool for our clusters, > which is really nice. OK, makes sennse. > Also I didn't know that virtualbox is capable of building clusters of > nodes and bouncing VMs among nodes to balance load, and capable of > doing such things, i might be lacking a bit here, sorry. I belive if you have an iscsi storage backend for a runnign node it can be moved transparently to another physsical hardware node without stopping running, but I havent tried it myself I ahve to admit. cheers, -pete. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hypervisor ( was Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? )
On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:55:20 +0100 Pete French wrote: > > - Lack of proper support for a decent hypervisor for > > virtualisation. We can't make a hypervisor out of freebsd, if there > > are no such virtualisations available like XEN, kvm or something > > similar, that just works out of the box. > > What do you need that VirtualBox doesn't provide ? I used to bemoan > the lack of a hypervisor too, but vince VBox arrived in FreeBSD I > have had no complaints. I use it to run Windows instances both as > desktop clients and also servers, and it works beautifully. Combined > with a ZVOL underneath (and hence all the delights of ZFS snapshots) > it';s a great solution. Yes, virtualbox is not that bad. However, to get some really nice features, you need the non-free version. Also, we can use citrix's xenserver's management tool to manage non-citrix xen clusters, because the API is same. With that we get a management tool for our clusters, which is really nice. Also I didn't know that virtualbox is capable of building clusters of nodes and bouncing VMs among nodes to balance load, and capable of doing such things, i might be lacking a bit here, sorry. > > -pete. > ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Hypervisor ( was Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? )
> - Lack of proper support for a decent hypervisor for virtualisation. >We can't make a hypervisor out of freebsd, if there are no such >virtualisations available like XEN, kvm or something similar, that >just works out of the box. What do you need that VirtualBox doesn't provide ? I used to bemoan the lack of a hypervisor too, but vince VBox arrived in FreeBSD I have had no complaints. I use it to run Windows instances both as desktop clients and also servers, and it works beautifully. Combined with a ZVOL underneath (and hence all the delights of ZFS snapshots) it';s a great solution. -pete. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
