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FAQ – Virtualization

87 points by sverige 8y ago

brobdingnagians 8y ago
Just started using OpenBSD as my main desktop OS and virtualization was the one thing I was uncertain about (wanted to see if I can setup test machines so that I don't clutter my base system, and it looks like they've added Linux support), but excited to grok how it works. I'm super happy about how solid the system is so far.
- marmaduke 8y ago
  It appears to be missing guest SMP support. How is that not a deal breaker?
  - brobdingnagians 8y ago
    Eventually it will, but for now my box should be fast enough to make it work for what I'm doing, which is just running a basic server inside.
  - accrual 8y ago
    It doesn't have video support either. I think the needed components are available and other features are presently ancillary.
    - marmaduke 8y ago
      Ancillary if you’re just doing dev work but rules out use as a VM host for a lot of software.
vtail 8y ago
Moderators: We should probably link directly to the FAQ: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html, the undeadly link is nothing other than a 1-paragraph reference linking to the same.
- Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
  FYI: you can more quickly reach the mods by writing to hn@ycombinator.com
- sctb 8y ago
  Done, thanks! (Updated from https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20181029144519. https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20181029144519.)
- sverige 8y ago
  Thanks. I considered linking directly to the FAQ, but chose the undeadly link instead simply because it highlighted the fact that the FAQ is a new addition, though the infrastructure has been there for a while now.
fosco 8y ago
anyone have experience using bhyve[0] on any BSD flavors? I am thinking about building a large FreeNAS deployment and virtualizing with bhyve... a few people I asked on IRC recommended against it due to its 'green-ness' [0] http://bhyve.org/ http://bhyve.org/
- wila 8y ago
  I'd say that bhyve on FreeNAS is pretty stable. It is not THAT green anymore, it has been there for a few years. It is also not as slick or feature rich as say any VMware product, but it does what it has to do. It runs VMs and I've seen the VMs survive a few power outages as well. As always YMMV

87 points by sverige 8y ago

Just started using OpenBSD as my main desktop OS and virtualization was the one thing I was uncertain about (wanted to see if I can setup test machines so that I don't clutter my base system, and it looks like they've added Linux support), but excited to grok how it works. I'm super happy about how solid the system is so far.

marmaduke 8y ago
It appears to be missing guest SMP support. How is that not a deal breaker?
- brobdingnagians 8y ago
  Eventually it will, but for now my box should be fast enough to make it work for what I'm doing, which is just running a basic server inside.
- accrual 8y ago
  It doesn't have video support either. I think the needed components are available and other features are presently ancillary.
  - marmaduke 8y ago
    Ancillary if you’re just doing dev work but rules out use as a VM host for a lot of software.

vtail 8y ago

Moderators: We should probably link directly to the FAQ: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html, the undeadly link is nothing other than a 1-paragraph reference linking to the same.

Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
FYI: you can more quickly reach the mods by writing to hn@ycombinator.com
sctb 8y ago
Done, thanks! (Updated from https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20181029144519. https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20181029144519.)
sverige 8y ago
Thanks. I considered linking directly to the FAQ, but chose the undeadly link instead simply because it highlighted the fact that the FAQ is a new addition, though the infrastructure has been there for a while now.

fosco 8y ago

anyone have experience using bhyve[0] on any BSD flavors? I am thinking about building a large FreeNAS deployment and virtualizing with bhyve... a few people I asked on IRC recommended against it due to its 'green-ness' [0] http://bhyve.org/ http://bhyve.org/

wila 8y ago
I'd say that bhyve on FreeNAS is pretty stable. It is not THAT green anymore, it has been there for a few years. It is also not as slick or feature rich as say any VMware product, but it does what it has to do. It runs VMs and I've seen the VMs survive a few power outages as well. As always YMMV