I have recently inherited a set of high-spec machines that I intend to
use for OpenBSD. I am planning on using these machines for DNS, HTTP,
mail, LDAP, netboot, build system for following -stable, etc. So my
question is, is it recommended to load all these
services on a single instance OpenBSD running on bare metal or to
virtualize and use much smaller OpenBSD virtual machines?
If the recommendation is to virtualize, what platform should I use?
The dmesg of the systems I'll be using:
OpenBSD 5.4 (GENERIC.MP) #41: Tue Jul 30 15:30:02 MDT 2013
dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 34314244096 (32724MB)
avail mem = 33393082368 (31846MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xeb4c0 (57 entries)
bios0: vendor American Megatrends Inc. version "2.0b" date 09/17/2012
bios0: Supermicro X9SCD
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC FPDT MCFG HPET SSDT PRAD SPMI SSDT SSDT DMAR
acpi0: wakeup devices PS2K(S4) PS2M(S4) UAR1(S4) P0P1(S4) USB1(S4)
USB2(S4) USB3(S4) USB4(S4) USB5(S4) USB6(S4) USB7(S4) PXSX(S4) RP01(S4)
PXSX(S4) RP02(S4) PXSX(S4) [...]
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 3300.56 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS
cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
cpu0: apic clock running at 100MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 3300.02 MHz
cpu1:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS
cpu1: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0
cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 4 (application processor)
cpu2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 3300.02 MHz
cpu2:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS
cpu2: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu2: smt 0, core 2, package 0
cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 6 (application processor)
cpu3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 3300.02 MHz
cpu3:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS
cpu3: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu3: smt 0, core 3, package 0
cpu4 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu4: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 3300.02 MHz
cpu4:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS
cpu4: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu4: smt 1, core 0, package 0
cpu5 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor)
cpu5: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 3300.02 MHz
cpu5:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS
cpu5: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu5: smt 1, core 1, package 0
cpu6 at mainbus0: apid 5 (application processor)
cpu6: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 3300.02 MHz
cpu6:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS
cpu6: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu6: smt 1, core 2, package 0
cpu7 at mainbus0: apid 7 (application processor)
cpu7: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 3300.02 MHz
cpu7:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS
cpu7: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu7: smt 1, core 3, package 0
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 2 (P0P1)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP01)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP03)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP04)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05)
acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)
acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP07)
acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP08)
acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus 1 (PEG0)
acpiprt11 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG1)
acpiprt12 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG2)
acpiprt13 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG3)
acpiec0 at acpi0: Failed to read resource settings
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
acpicpu2 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
acpicpu3 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
acpicpu4 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
acpicpu5 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
acpicpu6 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
acpicpu7 at acpi0: C3, C1, PSS
acpipwrres0 at acpi0: FN00
acpipwrres1 at acpi0: FN01
acpipwrres2 at acpi0: FN02
acpipwrres3 at acpi0: FN03
acpipwrres4 at acpi0: FN04
acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 106 degC
acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature is 106 degC
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 not present
acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present
acpibat2 at acpi0: BAT2 not present
acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB
acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID0
acpivideo0 at acpi0: GFX0
acpivout0 at acpivideo0: DD02
ipmi at mainbus0 not configured
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 3300 MHz: speeds: 3301, 3300, 3200, 3100, 2900,
2800, 2700, 2600, 2400, 2300, 2200, 2100, 2000, 1800, 1700, 1600 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x0158
rev 0x09
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel Xeon E3-1200v2 PCIE" rev 0x09: msi
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
em0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82580" rev 0x01: msi, address
00:25:90:c1:90:86
em1 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 "Intel 82580" rev 0x01: msi, address
00:25:90:c1:90:87
"Intel 6 Series MEI" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured
vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x1c3b (class communications subclass
miscellaneous, rev 0x04) at pci0 dev 22 function 1 not configured
ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 6 Series USB" rev 0x05: apic 2 int 16
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 6 Series USB" rev 0x05: apic 2 int 23
usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xa5
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
vga1 at pci2 dev 3 function 0 "Matrox MGA G200eW" rev 0x0a
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel C204 LPC" rev 0x05
ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 6 Series AHCI" rev 0x05: msi,
AHCI 1.3
scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, ST1000NM0011, SN03> SCSI3 0/direct
fixed naa.5000c5004ffde646
sd0: 953869MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1953525168 sectors
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <ATA, ST1000NM0011, SN03> SCSI3 0/direct
fixed naa.5000c5004ffdcc10
sd1: 953869MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1953525168 sectors
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 6 Series SMBus" rev 0x05: apic
2 int 18
iic0 at ichiic0
sdtemp0 at iic0 addr 0x18: stts2002
sdtemp1 at iic0 addr 0x19: stts2002
sdtemp2 at iic0 addr 0x1a: stts2002
sdtemp3 at iic0 addr 0x1b: stts2002
lm1 at iic0 addr 0x2c: W83627DHG
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM ECC PC3-12800 with thermal sensor
spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM ECC PC3-12800 with thermal sensor
spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM ECC PC3-12800 with thermal sensor
spdmem3 at iic0 addr 0x53: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM ECC PC3-12800 with thermal sensor
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: NCT6776F rev 0x33
lm2 at wbsio0 port 0xa30/8: NCT6776F
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
uhidev0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Winbond Electronics
Corp Hermon USB hidmouse Device" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3
uhidev0: iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons, Z dir
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
uhidev1 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "Winbond Electronics
Corp Hermon USB hidmouse Device" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3
uhidev1: iclass 3/1
ukbd0 at uhidev1: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes
wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
uhub4 at uhub3 port 2 "ATEN International product 0x7000" rev 1.10/1.00
addr 3
uhidev2 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATEN CS-1734A
V4.2.418" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 4
uhidev2: iclass 3/1
ukbd1 at uhidev2: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes
wskbd2 at ukbd1 mux 1
wskbd2: connecting to wsdisplay0
uhidev3 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "ATEN CS-1734A
V4.2.418" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 4
uhidev3: iclass 3/1
ums1 at uhidev3: 5 buttons, Z dir
wsmouse1 at ums1 mux 0
vscsi0 at root
scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (d2322e15199ee423.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
