How Australian IaaS OrionVM Uses FreeBSD

Explore how OrionVM leverages FreeBSD's unique features to build and secure cloud environments in this 28-minute conference talk from linux.conf.au 2020. Dive into FreeBSD's applications as a general-purpose guest OS, its role in robust cloud storage with OpenZFS, and its use in VPC deployments with FreeNAS. Learn about PFSense for hybrid and virtual workloads, and discover how FreeBSD scales across multiple hypervisors with TidalScale. Gain insights into OrionVM's architecture, the advantages of FreeBSD guests, and practical advice for using FreeBSD in cloud environments.

Intro
Dedication
Agenda
My BSD background
Gnomenclature
Quick Orion VM Overview
Orion VM's Architecture
FreeBSD Guests
AsiaBSDCon 2019 Template Update
Why Use a FreeBSD Guest?
(Un)helpful Advice
Why I Use and Recommend It
FreeBSD for Cloud Storage
FreeBSD for VPC Storage: FreeNAS
Multi-TiB Memory Deployments
FreeBSD for Securing Deployments
Summary