As I've said before, the FreeBSD-Xen PVM code requires someone with the time and inclination to pick it up and maintain it. The commercial focus of FreeBSD/Xen users at the moment seems to be on HVM support rather than full PVM support.
Adrian On 21 June 2010 01:07, Tjado Mäcke <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't do any tests in general. I used for a while FreeBSD HVM (and > other os guests...) under xen-3.2.1. There I got problems that VM's > react very slowly under ZFS/UFS I/O stress (tar of logs, etc...) till I > need to reboot the guest. It was under FreeBSD 7.2 with ZFS beta but 8.0 > didn't worked with that xen/kernel. The last weeks I tried Xen 4.0.0 but > tap:aio and tap:tapdisk:aio cause complete host kernel crashes under I/O > stress (dd if /dev/zero...). With Xen-4.0.1-rc3-pre I haven't these > problems, FreeBSD 8 is working (so booting works ;) and states/times > seems a lot more healthier. > > Softs: Webserver with a top 5000 (alexa) site (high db access - cached, > some I/O because of downloads), high threaded game server (for wc3), > mail server and other webservers/stuff... > > Am 20.06.2010 18:00, schrieb Guillaume Seigneuret: >> Could you tell us what did you do to test the stability ? >> Softs running on it, who many time and with who many users using it ? >> >> Thanks by advance. >> >> Cordialement, >> >> Guillaume Seigneuret >> >> >> >> Network and System Security Architect >> Web : http://www.omegacube.fr >> Address : >> Hôtel Technologique - BP 100 >> Technopôle de Château Gombert >> 13382 Marseille Cedex 13 >> >> >> -----Message d'origine----- >> De : Tjado Mäcke [mailto:[email protected]] >> Envoyé : dimanche 20 juin 2010 17:57 >> À : Guillaume Seigneuret >> Cc : 'Pandu Poluan'; [email protected] >> Objet : Re: Paravirtualized FreeBSD 8 Guest on Citrix XenServer 5.5/5.6 Host >> >> I mean stable in a general way not for FreeBSD (didn't tried out it in >> PV yet). >> >> tjado >> >> Am 20.06.2010 17:54, schrieb Guillaume Seigneuret: >> >>> I did try with Xen 4.0.0. >>> But more stable doesn't meens "suitable for production use" ... >>> I think the FreeBSD team has to work on its kernel to make it stable under >>> paravirtualized environment. >>> It's not really a question of Xen kernel version. >>> >>> Cordialement, >>> >>> Guillaume Seigneuret >>> >>> >>> >>> Network and System Security Architect >>> Web : http://www.omegacube.fr >>> Address : >>> Hôtel Technologique - BP 100 >>> Technopôle de Château Gombert >>> 13382 Marseille Cedex 13 >>> >>> -----Message d'origine----- >>> De : Tjado Mäcke [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Envoyé : dimanche 20 juin 2010 16:28 >>> À : Guillaume Seigneuret >>> Cc : Pandu Poluan; [email protected] >>> Objet : Re: Paravirtualized FreeBSD 8 Guest on Citrix XenServer 5.5/5.6 Host >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> which version did you use of 4.0? For me, 4.0.1-rc3-pre runs more stable >>> than 4.0.0. >>> Do you have some more information about the FreeBSD pv? Maybe i will try >>> this howto: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=10268 >>> >>> tjado >>> >>> Am 20.06.2010 12:00, schrieb Guillaume Seigneuret: >>> >>> >>>> You're welcome, yes I guess it's safer to keep them in standalone servers >>>> for the moment. >>>> For information I did try : >>>> >>>> FreeBSD 8 i386 paravirtualized on : >>>> >>>> - Xen 3.4.2 with a 2.6.32 Linux kernel >>>> - Xen 4.0 with a 2.6.32.12 Linux kernel >>>> >>>> FreeBSD 9 beta i386 paravirtualized on : >>>> >>>> - >>>> - Xen 3.4.2 with a 2.6.32 Linux kernel >>>> - Xen 4.0 with a 2.6.32.12 Linux kerne >>>> >>>> >>>> Configuration with mono CPU and 512/1024 Mo RAM, Disks on Dom0 LVM >>>> partitions. >>>> Plateforms : Dell T610, Dell R200, Dell R210. >>>> >>>> Cordialement, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
