[Opensim-users] OpenSim and Virtual Machines
R.Gunther
rigun at rigutech.nl
Fri Feb 21 11:56:32 UTC 2014
Only tried opensim in virtualbox (on windows :O ) with opensuse as guest.
But the biggest problem i see is the hdd speed. maby not enough cpu
resources. assigned 2-3 cores.
But it where a bit more laggy. but linux is not the best choice for
opensim anyway, so it maby could be mono to.
On 2014-02-21 07:37, John Sheridan wrote:
> If you're looking to run your own hypervisor I'd suggest something
> called Proxmox. Its open source / linux based and allows you to
> create both openvz and kvm containers via a nifty web interface. Their
> website is https://pve.proxmox.com
>
>
> On 02/21/2014 12:24 AM, Dahlia Trimble wrote:
>> I've used OpenSimulator in a variety of virtual machines, from KVM to
>> OpenVZ to VirtualBox to EC2. In general performance is less than when
>> running in bare hardware but everything usually works. I've seen some
>> issues with timer accuracy in some virtual machines in the past and
>> had to compile a custom linux kernel to get around it, but I think
>> recent virtualization technology has probably fixed this. Some
>> technologies like OpenVZ I found very difficult to work with in
>> general and I prefer to stick with the KVM style approach where the
>> host OS kernel is set up to allow a "closer to the metal" virtualization.
>>
>> I think virtual machines are good for lower performance installations
>> where fewer avatars and scripts are expected. and bare metal should
>> be used where higher performance is needed.
>>
>> Often hosting companies will oversell and you may get a lot less
>> performance than you would expect from their advertised
>> specifications. If performance is poor with one company, try others.
>> The cheapest deal is usually far from the best.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Justin Clark-Casey
>> <jjustincc at googlemail.com <mailto:jjustincc at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I've seen OpenSimulator run under different virtual machines (Xen
>> and EC2). Back a few years ago, there was a very odd issue when
>> using EC2 where the simulator process wouldn't certain start
>> context switching millions of times and freeze out all other
>> processes, though that may have been a mono issue rather than EC2.
>>
>> Other than that, it appears to work just fine as long as you give
>> it sufficient CPU resources, as is the case when running on bare
>> metal.
>>
>>
>> On 20/02/14 21:19, dogwomble at exemail.com.au
>> <mailto:dogwomble at exemail.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I wad wondering if anyone had much experience with running
>> OpenSim under a
>> virtual machine? I'm interested in finding out what sort of
>> performance
>> can be expected from running in that sort of environment and
>> how far it
>> can be pushed without too many issues.
>>
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