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Running VirtualBox VM host on ReadyNAS Pro
What is VirtualBox? So, I got bored while laundry was going... and decided to see how well a virtual OS would run on the Pro. My first choice of VM was VirtualBox, just cause I'm familiar with it a...
A couple of questions since this thread has picked up again.
1) has anyone else noticed occasional lags in virtualbox which have remained until a vm was stopped?
I've had a couple instances where the vm just dragged to a crawl and when I logged into the Readynas the %wa (i/o waits) in top as at 90%. Stopping (actually suspending) the vm and restarting it resolved this behavior. It may be because of the software hypervisor, but I was curious if anyone else has seen this.
2) how much has anyone really pushed this?
I'm pretty timid as I only went this route to keep from messing up the main Readynas config too much and for portability of other services. I started this when I had to factory flash the firmware and had to migrate my Squeezebox config which was pretty customized. Not wanting to be shackled to the the root OS or run the risk of undermining the whole situation I moved all of the add-ons except for virtualbox to a vm and it's been awesome except for some performance issues which I hope to address with a new CPU.
That said has anyone run more than 2 vms or a bunch of multi-core vms without melting their NAS? My CPU temp idles around 90 degrees with the mid 90s if there's steady activity and up to 107-8 under heavy load (if my Yahoo widget is to be believed). I'd be curious if anyone can sustain multiple vms with reasonably low temperatures.
1) has anyone else noticed occasional lags in virtualbox which have remained until a vm was stopped?
I've had a couple instances where the vm just dragged to a crawl and when I logged into the Readynas the %wa (i/o waits) in top as at 90%. Stopping (actually suspending) the vm and restarting it resolved this behavior. It may be because of the software hypervisor, but I was curious if anyone else has seen this.
2) how much has anyone really pushed this?
I'm pretty timid as I only went this route to keep from messing up the main Readynas config too much and for portability of other services. I started this when I had to factory flash the firmware and had to migrate my Squeezebox config which was pretty customized. Not wanting to be shackled to the the root OS or run the risk of undermining the whole situation I moved all of the add-ons except for virtualbox to a vm and it's been awesome except for some performance issues which I hope to address with a new CPU.
That said has anyone run more than 2 vms or a bunch of multi-core vms without melting their NAS? My CPU temp idles around 90 degrees with the mid 90s if there's steady activity and up to 107-8 under heavy load (if my Yahoo widget is to be believed). I'd be curious if anyone can sustain multiple vms with reasonably low temperatures.
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