Re: Network stack cloning / virtualization patches

From: Marko Zec (zec_at_tel.fer.hr)
Date: 05/26/03

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To: Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@queasyweasel.com>

    Jordan K Hubbard wrote:

    > On Sunday, May 25, 2003, at 05:18 PM, Marko Zec wrote:
    >
    > > So, I'd certainly like to virtualize more system resources and make
    > > virtual images as independent from each other as possible, but they
    > > will always
    > > have to share the same kernel.
    >
    > That's actually what I was talking about - my comparison to what IBM's
    > done may have been a bad example since, as you say, they've virtualized
    > the hardware in true IBM (shades of VM) fashion. I think that's
    > actually overkill for many usage scenarios since all you really want is
    > the ability to run an "instance" of the OS which allows for all the
    > user-visible configuration knobs to be changed and the appropriate
    > user-visible resource limits to be enforced independently. Essentially
    > a jail where it's literally impossible to tell that you're not the only
    > "OS" on the machine or to affect a user or resource running on another
    > instance.

    Btw. there is a commercial product out there that also seems to offer such
    a functionality, check http://www.sw-soft.com/en/products/virtuozzo/

    Marko

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