hi guys,
After more than 9 years with my current computer it is time for me to upgrade. My view on how one should life is quite radical when it comes to environmental topics, thus this system should be as environmentally friendly as possible, ready for some upgrades in a few years.
For my job I need quite some VMs to run, so basically for me this leaves 3 topics to give me some enlightenment:
*) CPU: I tend to use the newest generation of AMDs Ryzen CPUs. Is FreeBSD (-stable) really running stable on AMDs or are there some quirks? (as I have always been given the suggestion to buy Intel CPUs)
*) bhyve: I have read about bhyve GPU pass-thru, however could not find out if that was on -current. I plan to use one monitor as an additional virtualized desktop with its own passed throuh USB keyboard and mouse. Is this scenario already possible in -stable 12 and as a side note, it would be cool to also have sound passed through for some gaming in a VM. So basically 2 persons working on the machine simultaneously, one on the host and one in the VM.
Also: how is it with bhyve pause/resume or migrate - will this feature be in 12.1? (OpenBSDs vmd is so nice in this regard but does not offer a good filesystem ;-)
*) Graphics: what is the suggested chip manufacturer or graphics card (or maybe a 2nd equivalent card for bhyve passthrough) for the scenario mentioned above?
thanks for your tipps and comments!
After more than 9 years with my current computer it is time for me to upgrade. My view on how one should life is quite radical when it comes to environmental topics, thus this system should be as environmentally friendly as possible, ready for some upgrades in a few years.
For my job I need quite some VMs to run, so basically for me this leaves 3 topics to give me some enlightenment:
*) CPU: I tend to use the newest generation of AMDs Ryzen CPUs. Is FreeBSD (-stable) really running stable on AMDs or are there some quirks? (as I have always been given the suggestion to buy Intel CPUs)
*) bhyve: I have read about bhyve GPU pass-thru, however could not find out if that was on -current. I plan to use one monitor as an additional virtualized desktop with its own passed throuh USB keyboard and mouse. Is this scenario already possible in -stable 12 and as a side note, it would be cool to also have sound passed through for some gaming in a VM. So basically 2 persons working on the machine simultaneously, one on the host and one in the VM.
Also: how is it with bhyve pause/resume or migrate - will this feature be in 12.1? (OpenBSDs vmd is so nice in this regard but does not offer a good filesystem ;-)
*) Graphics: what is the suggested chip manufacturer or graphics card (or maybe a 2nd equivalent card for bhyve passthrough) for the scenario mentioned above?
thanks for your tipps and comments!