What are the limitations of an LX zone?

On June 22, 2015 2:37:57 PM EDT, a b <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The point I'm looking at reaching to test is to have Zones for some
>> native service, and KVM running with Centos and Windows.
>
>Unless I am mistaken, you do not need KVM for running CentOS.As I
>understand it, lx-branded zones have landed into SmartOS,which means
>one can run Joyent provided CentOS image atnear bare metal speeds.
>https://docs.joyent.com/public-cloud/containers/infrastructure/images/centos
>With KVM, you will pay a performance penalty equal to emulatingan
>entire system; while possible, unless you have a very specificreason
>for doing so, running Linux inside of an lx-branded zone shouldbe a
>better alternative.
>Needless to say, unless there is specific software that only runs
>onGNU/Linux, why not just run the SmartOS native version of
>theapplication?                                          
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