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openSolaris Virtualization: Zones, BrandZ and Xen



This is an excellent presentation from Nils Nieuwejaar.

Here a little peep at the Solaris Zones VS Hypervisors:

Solaris Zones vs Hypervisors
• Zones
> Scalable, fast, virtual platform, platform agnostic
> Emphasis on sharing, simpler administration
> Improved fault isolation over “single system.”
> Alternate brands
• Hardware Virtualization
> Emphasis on separation
> Fault isolation, (Xen: SPOFs remain)
> Live Migration
> Foreign OSes
Download it now! and do drop by at Nilss' blog as well.

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