On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:46:34 +0100, Harry Schmalzbauer wrote:
Hello,
it depends on the features you need.
Not much, really.
Running SQL Server Express (for now) with decent performance.
· virtio-blk and jumbo frames (e1000 works with jumbo frames but
performance is not comparaable with ESXi e1000(e))
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215737
I don't think the underlying network equipment will support Jumbo Frames :(
· PCI-Passthru is very picky. If you have a card with BAR memorysize < |
!= pagesize, byhve(4) won't accept it.
>
> · device(9) as block storage backend (virtio-blk, ahci-hd) doesn't work
> if you use any PCI-passthru device
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215740
I don't think I'd need PCI passthrough (I'm fine with a disk and a
network card).
· virtio-blk isn't virtio-win (Windows driver) compatible, guest will crash!
· virtio-net doesn't work with latest Windows drivers, which is not a
bhyve(4) problem as far as I can tell. Version 0.1.118 works, newer ones
are known to have problems on other hypervisors too.
Good to know.
· See if_bridge(4) for some limitations (all members need to have
exactly the same MTU, uplink gets checksum offloading disabled).
Generally, soft-switching capabilities ar not comparable with those of
ESXi, especially not the performace (outside netmap world).
This is a good point. :(
Other than that, it's rock solid for me
...
How well does it run Windows?
Would I better run W7 instead of W10 (or the other way round)?
Fine.
Should I use a dedicated disk (or disk mirror) for better speed?
Or should I use a dedicated partition on the host's disk/disk mirror?
Will a ZFS volume perform as good as a partition?
ZVOL is the best option offering great performance (depending on your
pool setup of yourse) as long as there is the PCI-passthru bug mentioned
above.
Thanks again.
bye
av.
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