FreeBSD/EC2 boot performance over time
The article evaluates FreeBSD boot performance on Amazon EC2, measuring the time from "pending" to "running" state and the opening of TCP port 22 on amd64 and arm64 instances.
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The article discusses the boot performance of FreeBSD on Amazon EC2 instances over time, specifically measuring the duration from when an EC2 instance transitions from the "pending" state to the "running" state. The performance is evaluated until the TCP port 22 becomes open, indicated by a SYN packet receiving a SYN/ACK response. The measurements are conducted on two types of instances: amd64 using c5.xlarge and arm64 using c6g.xlarge.
- Boot performance is measured from "pending" to "running" state.
- The focus is on the time taken for TCP port 22 to open.
- Measurements are taken on amd64 (c5.xlarge) and arm64 (c6g.xlarge) instances.
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- Many commenters express appreciation for the improvements in boot speed, noting a significant reduction in time.
- There are inquiries about the technical details behind the performance gains, including potential architectural changes and comparisons to Linux.
- Some users discuss the implications of these improvements for their own deployments and the feasibility of using FreeBSD instead of Linux.
- Questions arise regarding the clarity of the data presented, particularly concerning the y-axis units and graph scales.
- Several commenters highlight the importance of community contributions and express gratitude for the work done on FreeBSD in AWS environments.
10 commentsSeems zfs is quite a bit faster than ufs
No, wait .. maybe that's seconds? milliseconds?
Did the patches ever make it into Firecracker for booting FreeBSD as a guest? I looked back at the paper trail and it seemed like it may have stalled.
Does anyone know?
If not, which is understandable, is there something specific to stable/14 for interested parties to familiarize themselves with?
You’re getting progressively legacy (and more likely to be degraded) hardware. This impacts how tightly packed the instance type as a whole is, which impacts launch instance performance
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