I vaugely remember seeing issues about nfs mounting, and dhcp in lx branded zones.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 01:24:09PM -0700, Brian Bennett wrote: > It's limited to the Linux system calls we emulate. Which is to say, pretty > broad support. > > Anything that interacts directly with kernel itself or requires specific > extra kernel modules (e.g., iptables) won't work. Anything that's well > behaved software that uses supported Linux system call interfaces should work > well. Pretty much all application software has an expectation of working > properly. If it doesn't, we consider that a bug. > > -- > Brian Bennett > Systems Engineer, Cloud Operations > Joyent, Inc. | www.joyent.com > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.joyent.com/&k=EWEYHnIvm0nsSxnW5y9VIw%3D%3D%0A&r=uP8K5Fj89Oi9h3uD8Qznow%3D%3D%0A&m=gXHPjTSkQJkqn8%2FafOTzRV4IT8ZCRH5SdLxAeKmQP4M%3D%0A&s=ee1fc41999436d24e8a99abc3af59ccd484ca9e478e36db5d551204fd0c95096> > > On Jun 22, 2015, at 12:53 PM, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What are the limitations of an LX zone? > > > > On June 22, 2015 2:37:57 PM EDT, a b <[email protected] > > <mailto:[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 at > > near bare metal speeds. > > > > > > With KVM, you will pay a performance penalty equal to emulating > > an entire system; while possible, unless you have a very specific > > reason for doing so, running Linux inside of an lx-branded zone should > > be a better alternative. > > > > Needless to say, unless there is specific software that only runs on > > GNU/Linux, why not just run the SmartOS native version of the > > application? Thanks! -al keepalived ============================================================================== http://dovecot.org/doc/securecoding.txt http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Design/Memory http://www.catalystframework.org/ https://github.com/fsweetser/netreg/wiki https://fuhm.net/software/msktutil/ ============================================================================== And the trees were all kept equal With hatchet, axe, and saw. ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
