[vfio-users] VFIO + ZFS build

[Jouner Journer]

I thought there were issues with nvidia cards getting blocked by the cards
firmware, forcing you to hide qemu from the vm (and disabling vm
extensions)?

I'm also considering xen , which appears to work well with amd cards

How is freenas performance as a vm? Are you passing through a nic or using
vswitch?

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, Bradley Davis <bradleydavisjr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You will have better luck and better stability with NVIDIA. I cannot speak
> to the kernel patches as I use Fedora and dont use any ZFS on my
> host/hypervisor. I do however utilize FreeNAS in a VM and pass through a
> IBM M1015 (LSI) SAS card where ZFS is used.
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Jouner Journer <journerforums at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','journerforums at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'm looking to build a box which can run ZFS on Linux in hypervisor, misc
>> linux VMs, as well as a Windows vm for gaming.
>>
>> Is anyone doing video passthrough as well as running ZFSoL?  I've read
>> ZFS requires specific kernel versions in Arch and am wondering if I'll run
>> into compatibility issues.
>>
>> Also, this is the hardware I've selected... are there any blatant
>> problems that stick out?  I've been toying with the idea of different
>> processor (less cores, more speed), but figured more cores is better...
>>  how about Radeon R9 390X... is it too new to be tested/confirmed?
>>
>> Given that it is xeon processor and motherboard supports VT-d/VT-x,
>> motherboard and video card are uefi I'm hoping I will not run into too many
>> issues with passthrough... at least hardware limited issues ;)
>>
>> ASRock EPC612D8A-TB SSI ATX Server Motherboard Socket LGA 2011 R3
>> Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 Haswell-EP 2.4 GHz LGA 2011-3 85W BX80644E52630V3
>> Server Processor
>> SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 390X 100381OCL 8GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 2.2
>> Slot, ATX Tri-X OC Version (UEFI) Video Card
>>
>> SeaSonic Platinum-1000 1000W PSU
>> Intel 535 Series SSDSC2BW180H601 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC SSD
>> Intel 535 Series SSDSCKJW360H601 M.2 360GB SATA III MLC SSD
>> Kingston 64GB (4 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR4 2133 (PC4
>> 17000) Server Memory Model KVR21R15D4K4/64
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
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