From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 22:13:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 776E91065673 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:13:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from out-0.mx.aerioconnect.net (out-0-30.mx.aerioconnect.net [216.240.47.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 583498FC1B for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:13:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from idiom.com (postfix@mx0.idiom.com [216.240.32.160]) by out-0.mx.aerioconnect.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oADMDP41027291; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:13:25 -0800 X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (h-67-100-89-137.snfccasy.static.covad.net [67.100.89.137]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A55A2D6013; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:13:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CDF0D87.70700@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:13:27 -0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brandon Gooch References: <4CDEFC2D.4090908@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 216.240.47.51 Cc: virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: limitations on jail style virtualization X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:13:26 -0000 On 11/13/10 1:55 PM, Brandon Gooch wrote: > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: > > Was this brought up in any of the discussions? > > http://www.7he.at/freebsd/vps/ no it was not brought up.. it was an unofficial non-planned discussion that errupted pretty much spontaneously an a couple of couches so it was not prepared in advance.. Since I don't know much about that project I didn't bring it up. However I should take the time to read it.. thanks for bringing it up! > I'm not sure if the VPS project pertains directly to what you're > talking about, but perhaps some of the code or ideas from the project > might? > > Even if it doesn't, it's still an exciting project that adds a ton of > value to FreeBSD's light-weight virtualization strategy. What do think > about the VPS concept in relation to the current virtualization effort > being put in to jails? It seems to me that recent efforts at > virtualizing kernel-level objects makes VPS the future of FreeBSD's > virtualization, leaving jails as a great way to isolate > applications... it the approaches are compatible I see no reason to not combine but I'll know more when I have read it. > -Brandon >