From nobody Fri Jun 03 15:19:24 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B2301B5945A for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2022 15:19:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vs1-xe31.google.com (mail-vs1-xe31.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e31]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1D4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4LF64S1nMPz3hQx for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2022 15:19:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vs1-xe31.google.com with SMTP id l13so6207793vsi.13 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:19:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=F32GkMVQX8dYKuz9mHBa0LL8OQ9TTjXXSD2KKN+dF8g=; b=nvmqv40BtT0BczOndeZhqSAfVraAmXl+5Z7sbCVWFGacWxzMYknlC+lgTz3W7C2Ez7 e85vZpBphTPAA4BEeAtDKjIwSdPrpQ4eco6e85KZDvVpumAonB0QDM9adfVaVdkVs2cd HbRnnE1Cu2+TqQRrj81QAao8JGLRRHWCBx+iDcHcClG9DvEJnZ3culrSX3Nn6Va3jkA1 yLBvAnrR5sqbTwLfcJviK3xep5sYGbfrBo0vRTeT3c8ytUYnTA+AwbjUdlglfxZQGtti Q9OQuVWyAC8/IVqlvODOc9rgun/8XREXXhpruxMH2G1UHs2gGcsFlgh3zLns1Lzab03G 4cOA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=F32GkMVQX8dYKuz9mHBa0LL8OQ9TTjXXSD2KKN+dF8g=; b=OKHZfzK6yqmpNpUYbU8meAPyQpBpX0cn+MFbatcgOWdITdlSgHccWiKnCcX4AOc8zK uW3Ywuk7/sj87bvtL9xLPcLtdRUIcMq2M1HTbBVxkh7vgdaIOUagZUq611TFvKd+pzhH j3bA+RKRatxRb3o3gRsb331BFUsgVYvGqMTqmCOmL+71SLi55bR6f5Q3xN0wtAePPUu3 cObSz0uAGYK98J/eakmLL8Bf9KImj6nxcPg7bSXfbPUxKf9Np/7c1SDaPGqN0eW4hSEx NdbqNoDxkQhthvKIM0Tgg06I10O6HUFC4feCYGONo0JgELqxtJMCKNIVuITv17VrWNjF /qLA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531LEam/98Wck4HpbkSi4G6fM00d3GseSvy8E8qUata5+QR9BqP/ zN9Q7duLnfs2RfPatKNuT8jLN/Vv4fsxJG7/Tjx4D5vG/x4bkw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxEw1R/prG0+aNBT6FDuDx3LdV0R8ot3qLcwWfLJH67pMN3ibBa3+nfihA97JEUaDTNE6qWpdL8pPaN0sY4jFI= X-Received: by 2002:a67:ea85:0:b0:34b:912f:2c66 with SMTP id f5-20020a67ea85000000b0034b912f2c66mr2500212vso.42.1654269575226; Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:19:35 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Joe Nosay Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 11:19:24 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: a small report from the Amazon AWS world To: Dennis Clarke Cc: "freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000064ebd405e08ca65f" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4LF64S1nMPz3hQx X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=nvmqv40B; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of superbisquit@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::e31 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=superbisquit@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; URI_COUNT_ODD(1.00)[3]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROMTLD(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20210112]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-arm@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::e31:from]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-arm]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N --00000000000064ebd405e08ca65f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-n65semc4zdkai Boy, do some research On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 8:15 PM Dennis Clarke wrote: > > The Amazon EC2 experiment with FreeBSD 13.1 on aarch64 : > > Today I bit the bullet and trudged through the baffling config options > on the Amazon AWS EC2 interface to get FreeBSD 13.1 up and running. I > went with the r6gd.xlarge type instance which provides some mysterious > four core config and 32GB of memory. There is also a 237 NVMe SSD in > there but I had to search around to figure out where that was after the > instance booted up. I did not see any way to get at the console and do > the installation myself because I would have gone pure ZFS. What I did > get was a 32GB root device thing at /dev/nda0 and the blank SSD was the > device /dev/nda1. > > Performance is not thrilling. Nope. I am still doing a few compute > tests and also a file thrash on both the UFS and the ZFS filesystems but > there is nothing to write home about thus far. What is far more scary > about all this is the cost of network traffic which could go well past > the four hundred USD a month mark on a halfway decent busy website. My > calculations could be way off the mark however. > > Not sure what else to say but I am still running some baseline tests. > Very happy to see the AMI instance offer exists for FreeBSD 13.1 on the > aarch64 platform but I have no idea what I am getting for my money. Yet. > > Any questions ? > > -- > Dennis Clarke > RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC > UNIX and Linux spoken > GreyBeard and suspenders optional > > --00000000000064ebd405e08ca65f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, J= un 2, 2022 at 8:15 PM Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> wrote:

The Amazon EC2 experiment with FreeBSD 13.1 on aarch64 :

Today I bit the bullet and trudged through the baffling config options
on the Amazon AWS EC2 interface to get FreeBSD 13.1 up and running. I
went with the r6gd.xlarge type instance which provides some mysterious
four core config and 32GB of memory. There is also a 237 NVMe SSD in
there but I had to search around to figure out where that was after the
instance booted up.=C2=A0 I did not see any way to get at the console and d= o
the installation myself because I would have gone pure ZFS. What I did
get was a 32GB root device thing at /dev/nda0 and the blank SSD was the
device /dev/nda1.

Performance is not thrilling.=C2=A0 Nope.=C2=A0 I am still doing a few comp= ute
tests and also a file thrash on both the UFS and the ZFS filesystems but there is nothing to write home about thus far. What is far more scary
about all this is the cost of network traffic which could go well past
the four hundred USD a month mark on a halfway decent busy website. My
calculations could be way off the mark however.

Not sure what else to say but I am still running some baseline tests.
Very happy to see the AMI instance offer exists for FreeBSD 13.1 on the
aarch64 platform but I have no idea what I am getting for my money. Yet.
Any questions ?

--
Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
GreyBeard and suspenders optional

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