How did you install it? First Ubuntu and then dd the image of openbsd installer on what raw device?
I used an image from the marketplace. I found the https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/freebsdarm64-now-available-in-oci and https://github.com/oracle-quickstart/oci-freebsd - I am running an ultra-low-volume nginx which basically does not do anything, however, so far it has never been reclaimed, probably the webcrawlers are good for me :-D ... alternative: https://github.com/2Shad/OCI-Idle-Avoidance
What should I keep an eye for measuring performance?
CPU, memory and storage, the standard metrics are the most important. CPU load is interesting to watch but should be averaged out over a longer period of time. It's not that useful to add more cores if you only have an incidental CPU load spike for example. If you have more frequent spikes or if the overal average CPU load increases then it might be useful to add more cores. But this is also depended on what's actually running on that host. Certain application loads don't really benefit from more cores, while others can gain a lot.
I would not trust an image of unknown origin. OpenBSD is easy to install, but it will necessary to trick a little to get it there.
well, I have no problem with trusting a cloud image from the FreeBSD Foundation, for me it is more of a question what data is unimportant enough so I can host it on a cloud infrastructure where the provider has access any time they want. I also have an arm VM which works great and is much faster than an x86, and so far I have not had any problems with upgrades since 13.1.
How did you get it?
