Re: FreeBSD and OpenStack

From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:20:22 UTC
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 11:03 PM KK CHN <kkchn.in@gmail.com> wrote:

> List,
>
> 1. Does freebsd support the  cloud stack ( OpenStack ) to deploy a private
> cloud environment?
> ( Using FreeBSD as a base Operating System like Linux with KVM  or  go
> ahead with Linux+KVM+Openstack?)
>
>
https://freebsdfoundation.org/project/openstack-on-freebsd/


2. Heard about bhyve  ( Is this a Type 1 or Type 2 ?) If type 2  does it
> have performance bottlenecks(?) compared to a type 1 hypervisor like KVM or
> ESXi from VMWare.
>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhyve
https://b3n.org/vmware-vs-bhyve-performance-comparison/
https://klarasystems.com/articles/virtualization-showdown-freebsd-bhyve-linux-kvm/

3. To make an HCI of 3 node cluster does  any specific  Hardware
> requirements need to met related to the Server nodes ? ( Consider to form a
> HCI cluster of 3 nodes with Heterogeneous server nodes from
> different vendors to avoid vendor lock in ( Eg. one node from X, one from Y
> and  third one from Z ) ?
> ( Not in the context of FreeBSD (if not supported), but in the context of
> VMware suite ( ESXi,vSAN etc.)
>
>
Closest thing you'll get is probably this:  https://cbsd.io/
At least, it's the only thing I'm aware of that's working towards an HCI
goal of any sorts.



> I am sorry if anything is irrelevant asked..
>
>
Nothing is irrelevant.  I may suggest using google however as it's exactly
how I pulled the answers to your questions.


> Regards,
> Krish
>
>
~Paul
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