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I've been a FreeBSD fan since 1997. It is nice to see FreeBSD running on EC2. However, for die hard performance junkies, I have built something faster and more
by jblphx 16y ago
I've been a FreeBSD fan since 1997. It is nice to see FreeBSD running on EC2. However, for die hard performance junkies, I have built something faster and more efficient. For people that love all the BSD variants out there, my startup - tegataiphoenix.com - offers FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD virtual machines (in addition to all the other usual suspects). The performance we are getting is around 500%-600% faster than Xen based BSD virtual machines. Mention HN, and get a discount. :)
- cperciva 16y agoHmm. User for 30 days; karma 1; one submission, promoting your startup; one comment, promoting your startup. Welcome to Hacker News! I hope you'll stick around for a while and contribute.
- jblphx 16y agoI've been a fan of your work for ages Collin, but your attitude needs adjustment.
- jcr 16y agoPlease don't feel too offended. It's totally normal for people to check out profiles when someone posts something interesting. Your know-how on BSD virtualization IS interesting to a lot of folks.
- cperciva 16y agoThe performance we are getting is around 500%-600% faster than Xen based BSD virtual machines I don't know where you're getting your numbers from, but Xen doesn't have a 5x performance penalty. I'd believe you if you said that QEMU or Bochs had a 5x performance penalty, but Xen is more along the lines of 5%. (Of course, if you run an instance and give it a small fraction of a CPU, you get what you pay for.)
- jblphx 16y agoI'll go ahead and publish the benches shortly.