Xen under FreeBSD

[vist]

Dear colleagues, does anybody know if I could install XEN hypervisor under FreeBSD? I read that the port is released for NetBSD, not for FreeBSD.

 

[vermaden]

You can install FreeBSD under XEN's domU (as guest), but FreeBSD does not support XEN dom0 (as host), but You may use NetBSD for that purpose.

 

[vist]

I want to install some OS to the machine, then install XEN to it and run virtual machines under XEN.

I can do this only under NetBSD?

Does it run Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines properly?

 

[vermaden]

I want to install some OS to the machine, then install XEN to it and run virtual machines under XEN.

I can do this only under NetBSD?

From BSDs, Yes.

You can also use VirtualBox under FreeBSD and QEMU under OpenBSD (but QEMU will be slow).

Does it run Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines properly?

XEN is able to run Windows under the HVM mode, be sure to install para-virtual network and/or storage drivers so You will gain performance this way.

 

[vist]

Does Virtual Box under show good perfomance?

I tried to use it under OpenSuse Linux and run Windows XP SP3 under it. So the perfomance of the OS under virtual box was greater than under hardware! ))))

 

[vermaden]

I use it on my FreeBSD BOX and IMHO it has very good performance.

 

[vist]

Thanks a lot!

I tried Virtual Box under FreeBSD 8 and FreeBSD 9. Both of them work fine for me! The thread can be closed!