We run a large number of Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs (and a couple of legacy 2008 R2) on virtio without any issues. We use a particular version of the virtio drivers (mainly since they offer better disk performance) but we haven’t encountered any significant network issues, particularly around lost network.
We have a small spread of platform versions, but they will all be 2015 releases. > On 16 Jun 2015, at 10:52 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > ----- On Jun 15, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Nahum Shalman [email protected] > wrote: > >> On 06/15/2015 04:11 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> what is the current level of support for windows kvm guests in smartos? >>> >>> i have windows 7 running on joyent_20140221T042147Z and we have infrequent >>> hiccups (completely losing network, for example). i plan to replace this >>> with the > > latest smartos image and whichever version of windows server >>> is recommended for use with smartos. i will be using the windows server kvm >>> guest as an application > server accessed via terminal services. the guest >>> os compatibility list >>> (https://wiki.smartos.org/display/DOC/Guest+OS+Compatibility) is nearly 2 >>> years old. >>> >>> recommendations for the most stable version of windows server, plus any >>> relevant hints (eg. driver versions) will be gladly accepted. thanks. > >> We have at least one each of Windows Server 2008 R2 (I think using >> virtio for network, but I'm not sure) >> and Windows Server 2012 (I'm pretty sure we ended up using the emulated >> e1000 for network stability...) > > i have windows 7 using virtio, but i'm unhappy with it. are you happy with > the stability and performance of the two VMs mentioned above? :) > > > ------------------------------------------- > smartos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25738179-216c4b5f > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
