Containers vs. OpenVZ

[Oren Laadan]

On 08/18/2010 06:48 AM, Marc Aymerich wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Marc Aymerich<glicerinu at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Oren Laadan<orenl at cs.columbia.edu>wrote:
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>>> On 08/17/2010 08:24 PM, Matt Helsley wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:33:40PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
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>>>>> Hi folks,
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>>>>> could anyone please point out the difference main difference
>>>>> between linux-containers and openvz ? It is possible to replace
>>>>> ovz by linux-containers yet ?
>>>>>
>>>>> thx
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
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>>>>        At the very least there is no kernel code in mainline for
>>>> checkpoint/restart of containers at this time. We're still working on
>>>> patches for that feature. So that's one major difference between
>>>> "linux-containers" and openvz.
>>>
>>> To be fair, there is not kernel code in mainline for openvz either...
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>> really? http://wiki.openvz.org/File:Kernel_patches_stats.png
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> sorry Oren I misunderstand your mail. It's true, there is no c/r on mainline
> for openvz too.

No problem, my language was not entirely unambiguous. To be precise,
while openvz is a great project and contribute{s,d} a lot to the
kernel, the openvz kernel - with or without c/r - is not in mainline.

Oren.