Container-based operating system virtualization: A scalable, high-performance alternative to hypervisors

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 275-287

  Soltesz, Stephen ^a   Pötzl, Herbert ^b   Fiuczynski, Marc E ^a   Bavier, Andy ^a   Peterson, Larry ^a  

^a Princeton University

^b Linux VServer Maintainer ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Alternative; Container; Hypervisor; Linux VServer; Operating; System; Virtualization; Xen

Indexed keywords

GRID COMPUTING; SECURITY OF DATA; SERVERS; VIRTUAL REALITY; CONTAINERS; NETWORK SECURITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HYPERVISOR; LINUX-VSERVER; SUPERIOR SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

HYPERVISOR; LINUX-VSERVER; OPERATING; OPERATING SYSTEMS; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

EID: 34548029519     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1272996.1273025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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