[jblphx]

I've been a FreeBSD fan since 1997. It is nice to see FreeBSD running on EC2. However, for die hard performance junkies, I have built something faster and more efficient. For people that love all the BSD variants out there, my startup - tegataiphoenix.com - offers FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD virtual machines (in addition to all the other usual suspects). The performance we are getting is around 500%-600% faster than Xen based BSD virtual machines. Mention HN, and get a discount. :)

[cperciva]

The performance we are getting is around 500%-600% faster than Xen based BSD virtual machines

I don't know where you're getting your numbers from, but Xen doesn't have a 5x performance penalty. I'd believe you if you said that QEMU or Bochs had a 5x performance penalty, but Xen is more along the lines of 5%. (Of course, if you run an instance and give it a small fraction of a CPU, you get what you pay for.)

[jblphx]

I'll go ahead and publish the benches shortly.

[cperciva]

Hmm. User for 30 days; karma 1; one submission, promoting your startup; one comment, promoting your startup.

Welcome to Hacker News! I hope you'll stick around for a while and contribute.

[jblphx]

I've been a fan of your work for ages Collin, but your attitude needs adjustment.

[jcr]

Please don't feel too offended. It's totally normal for people to check out profiles when someone posts something interesting. Your know-how on BSD virtualization IS interesting to a lot of folks.