Is this something special that you had due to being staff or can regular customers order VMs with OpenBSD?
I'm a linode customer and would love to run OpenBSD (or FreeBSD, but I do prefer OpenBSD) there. On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Phil Eaton <[email protected]> wrote: > I have OpenBSD (and FreeBSD) running on Linode VMs (on a KVM host) and it > works well enough. I'm more than hazy on the details, but the issue as far > as I'm aware is that OpenBSD does not yet have full support for virtio. So > I need to use full virtualization for it to recognize my disks and network > devices. Presumably this affects performance, but I haven't gotten into > testing it much and haven't noticed it in my (admittedly light) use so far. > > At home I have FreeBSD running on Hyper-V and it works well too. But > FreeBSD has better support for the virtio drivers so I'd expect it to > perform better in both cases. > > Disclosure: I work for Linode. > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Markus Rosjat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > just like to get opinions or examples of OpenBSd as guest on a > hypervisor. > > I had it running on a VMware Host but since the free version is missing > > quiet a lot features I was wondering where to look at. I also tried > Hyper-V > > from MS and this looks qiet ok. So if the "virtual" guys like to share > > there expericence it would be nice. Im open for every thing so KVM or > BHive > > are points Ive looked at but haven't tried for now. > > > > thanks for the input > > > > regards > > -- > > Markus Rosjat fon: +49 351 8107223 mail: [email protected] > > > > G+H Webservice GbR Gorzolla, Herrmann > > Königsbrücker Str. 70, 01099 Dresden > > > > http://www.ghweb.de > > fon: +49 351 8107220 fax: +49 351 8107227 > > > > Bitte prüfen Sie, ob diese Mail wirklich ausgedruckt werden muss! Before > > you print it, think about your responsibility and commitment to the > > ENVIRONMENT > > > > > > > -- > Phil Eaton
