diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/ec2.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/ec2.adoc new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/ec2.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +=== FreeBSD on EC2 + +Links: + +link:https://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-ec2-boot-performance/[EC2 Boot performance over time] URL: link:https://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-ec2-boot-performance/[] + +Contact: Colin Percival + +FreeBSD is available on both amd64 (Intel and AMD) and arm64 (Graviton) EC2 instances. + +In the past quarter, first boot performance of ZFS AMIs has been significantly improved, e.g. from about 22 seconds to about 11 seconds for 15.0 "base" AMIs on amd64. +Graphs of boot performance over time are now being generated and published automatically; typical times are around 9-12 seconds for "base" and "small" AMIs and 14-18 seconds for "cloud-init" AMIs. + +On Graviton systems, the EC2 "shutdown" and "reboot" operations now work as intended (starting with FreeBSD 14.2). +On Graviton systems, adding new devices (e.g. EBS volumes) while the system is running now works in HEAD and support is expected to be merged in time for FreeBSD 14.3. + +Sponsor: Amazon + +Sponsor: https://www.patreon.com/cperciva