F15 / VirtualBox

Michael Cronenworth mike at cchtml.com
Sat Jun 11 17:30:10 UTC 2011


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> 
> As for the subject at hand, -I- find VB a far inferior solution when it
> comes to SMP and IO (disk/network) performance.

With the latest VB and the SATA controller I see faster performance in the VM over bare hardware.

> Sure, during the years I've create a large chunk of scripts required to
> deploy and configure qemu VM's, but once you pass the "I fear the qemu
> command line" phase, KVM runs circles around VB. (Let alone having to
> relay on a unsupported 3'rd party kernel module - a huge no-no in server
> deployments)

VB kernel modules are GPL licensed.

> Nothing beats starting a VM in snapshot mode, trashing it, and reverting
> to the original without as much a single mouse click...

VB supports snapshots too. I use them frequently.



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