Re: [Qemu-discuss] Best Intel hardware for qemu

[Friedrich Oslage]

As long as it's VT-x capable and can run Linux, you're good to go.

It only gets tricky once you start using VFIO (direct passthrough of 
host PCI devices to a VM, such as GPUs, NICs or NVMes for instance). You 
need VT-d support for that and both the CPU and mainboard have to 
support it. And not only do they have to support it, they have to 
support in a usable way with decent iommu group isolation and without 
weird bugs. There are no (official) compatibility lists for this, it's 
still mostly trial and error...

Regards
Friedrich

On 4/10/19 2:26 PM, Lars Bonnesen wrote:
> So I am coming from the VMware world (with comprehensive compatibillity
> lists) but about to start a project with KVM/Qemu and I would like to setup
> an inexpensive test setup for this purpose.
>
> I am thinking of buying one of SuperMicros IoT-servers like
> https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E300-9D-4CN8TP.cfm
>
> Will this be a nice pick for Qemu? Or any VT-supportet system will work
> fine?
>
> Regards, Lars.