Hi Martin, We want to work on the paper a bit further before sending it to a wider audience (like LKML).
Marc > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Fick > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Stephen Soltesz; Marc E. Fiuczynski > Subject: Re: [Vserver] report comparing vserver w/ xen > > > That's a great paper, I enjoyed reading it. I would > almost suggest forwarding it to the LKML, expecially > the part about dd cache spoiling. Good benchmarks can > impact the way kernel developers think. You never > know, with a good benchmark to show a specific > problem, you might find a fix for that dd spoiling > soon. :) > > -Martin > > --- "Marc E. Fiuczynski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > The following URL is for a paper that we wrote on > > "Container-based Operating > > System Virtualization: A Scalable, High-performance > > alternative to > > Hypervisors." At the performance, scale, and > > isolation level it compares > > vserver with xen. We chose vserver simply because > > we use it on 600+ servers > > for PlanetLab (www.planet-lab.org). The comparison > > is primarily between > > container-based OSes (like vserver, virtuozzo, > > openvz, etc.) with > > hypervisor-based systems (like xen, vmware esx, > > etc.). > > > > > http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~mef/research/vserver/paper.pdf > > > > The paper is in draft form at the moment, but was > > submitted to the USENIX > > Operating System Design and Implementation > > conference. We plan to make > > updates to the paper periodically, especially to > > section 3. You'll see what > > I mean when you read that. > > > > Please send feedback to both the list as well as to > > me directly (i.e., reply > > all). > > > > Best regards, > > Marc > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Vserver mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [email protected] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
