Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:26:39 +0200
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
To: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Virtualization steps
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On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:00:25PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> 
> >well, that largely depends on the 'use' ...
> >
> >I don't think that vps providers like lycos would be
> >very happy if they had to multiply the ammount of
> >machines they require by 10 or 20 :)
> >
> >and yes, running 100 and more Linux-VServers on a
> >single machine _is_ realistic ...
> >
> 
> Yep.
> 
> And if it is intrusive to the core kernel, then as always we have to
> try to evaluate the question "is it worth it"? How many people want it
> and what alternatives do they have (eg. maintaining seperate patches,
> using another approach), what are the costs, complexities, to other
> users and developers etc.

my words, but let me ask, what do you consider 'intrusive'?

best,
Herbert

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