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Re: Operating system-level virtualization: how to make it?



On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 09:39:38AM -0500, Victor Padro wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 08:46:49PM +0200, Laurent Guignard wrote:
> > > On Fri, 22 May 2009 18:02:27 +0000, Sylvain Le Gall wrote:
> > > > On 22-05-2009, Sthu Deus <sthu.deus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > AFAIK, virtualization on i386/amd64, beyond the os-specific software or
> > testing issues, is a gimmick.  It may provide one extra layer for
> > someone to try to break out of but it also adds an extra layer to hold
> > bugs.

> There is nothing like LPAR in x86/amd64 architecture. Totally different
> arch.
> 
> Believe me I work for the eye bee m company.

That was my point.  Unless the hardware provides the virtualization
(such as LPARs), then it doesn't accomplish much.  

doug.


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