Re: [vserver] recompile kernel inside vservers?

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From: Jacques Gelinas (jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca)
Date: Fri Aug 09 2002 - 14:37:57 EDT

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 20:33:18 -0500, Paul Sladen wrote
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Russell Anthony wrote:

> Upgrading the kernel on the host server is therefore upgrading the kernel
> for everyone.
>
> If you really want to run seperate kernels you either need to run a
> full-blown emulator/virtual-machine setup such as Bochs and VMware; or run
> User Mode Linux (UML) to give you a second, seperate kernel and operating
> environment running within the first, boot kernel.
>
> Both this are significately slower which is why vserver "is so great!".

End less secure. You can barely limit what a real emulator/virtual machine
does on the network. You can barely monitor what it does also.

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Jacques Gelinas <jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca>
vserver: run general purpose virtual servers on one box, full speed!
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/miscprj/s_context.hc

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