[OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox on OI

[Dan Swartzendruber]

I hava better performance with files instead of zvols.
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Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:

On Wednesday, June 01, 2011 05:00 AM, Chris Mosetick wrote:
> Sorry, somehow that got sent too early there,
>
> I'm running VirtualBox 4.0.6 on OI b148. I'm using sparse zvols for storage,
> rather than .vdi's. I'm very happy with the performance. (dedicated ZIL and
> L2ARC devices help a lot) I'm taking snapshots using ZFS for these vbox
> machines. All has been working great, I reluctantly started this machine
> with vbox 4.0.4, and it's been great. Though as previously mentioned vbox
> 3.2.12 is truly solid on OI too.
>
> If you are the type of guy who would consider using VirtualBox for your
> hypervisor, then don't hesitate if you feel inclined to do so. I'm sure it
> will treat you just fine. Definitely consider using zvols for storage if you
> go with vbox.
>

Running Windows 2008 Server on vbox 3.x over here on an OI_147 box. Nay 
problems whatsoever with vbox. Problems with the crappy Softlink Oliver 
library software yes but not with vbox.

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