Process Isolation:
Full virualization
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Complete isolation from host
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Resource intensive
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good resource control
Chroot jails
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Filesystem based
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Poor(ish) resource control
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No boot time
Solaris ZoneS
- chroot+ kernel support
- Shared kernel
- lightweight and Cheap
Containers
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excellent resource control
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Need copies of libs
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No boot time
Hypervisor types
Hyper-v
GIANT ROBOT
VMWare esxi
pricey, well supported hypervisor
xen
Full Hypervisor OS
kvm
Kernel based Virtualization
libvirt
All the glue
lxc
isolation using existing kernel features
docker
package manger for application stacks
warden
cloudfoundry distribution tool
omnios
light illumos
built for zones
coreos
light linux for containers
smartos
joyent illumos cloud platform
Why do i care again?
vagrant, learn it.
chroot jails, you'll encounter them.
containers will be how we deploy in a sane world far from this one.
playtime!
VMprimer
By Matt Urbanski
VMprimer
A quick introduction to different virtualization technologies.
