@inproceedings{ad7314e64fac4292ad796f0af4095c74,
title = "Container-based operating system virtualization: A scalable, high-performance alternative to hypervisors",
abstract = "Hypervisors, popularized by Xen and VMware, are quickly becoming commodity. They are appropriate for many usage scenarios, but there are scenarios that require system virtualization with high degrees of both isolation and efficiency. Examples include HPC clusters, the Grid, hosting centers, and PlanetLab. We present an alternative to hypervisors that is better suited to such scenarios. The approach is a synthesis of prior work on resource containers and security containers applied to general-purpose, time-shared operating systems. Examples of such container-based systems include Solaris 10, Virtuozzo for Linux, and Linux-VServer. As a representative instance of container-based systems, this paper describes the design and implementation of Linux-VServer. In addition, it contrasts the architecture of Linux-VServer with current generations of Xen, and shows how Linux-VServer provides comparable support for isolation and superior system efficiency.",
keywords = "Alternative, Container, Hypervisor, Linux-VServer, Operating, System, Virtualization, Xen",
author = "Stephen Soltesz and Herbert P{\"o}tzl and Fiuczynski, {Marc E.} and Andy Bavier and Larry Peterson",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1145/1272996.1273025",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "159593636X",
series = "Operating Systems Review (ACM)",
pages = "275--287",
booktitle = "Operating Systems Review - Proceedings of the 2007 EuroSys Conference",
note = "2007 Eurosys Conference ; Conference date: 21-03-2007 Through 23-03-2007",
}