On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Always Learning centos@u6.u22.net wrote:
On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 08:22 +1000, Matt Paine wrote:
As far as I am aware, KVM uses the cpu hardware to run completely different operating systems independently of the host.
LXC is similar to Linux-VServer, or virtuozzo, where you are always running a base kernel, and can run multiple init's at the same time.
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Thank you for your explanation. It is most helpful. To summarise what I think is correct: One can run multiple LXC containers, each containing an identical version of the main host operating system but processes are separate from the others. KVM creates a type of 'container' allowing different host operating systems to run in that container.
Can one run inside a LXC container a KVM ?
Can one run inside a KVM some LXC containers ?
Or is the simultaneous usage on the same machine of LXC and KVM mutually exclusive or incompatible ?
It may not be exactly like LXC but you can also have a look a OpenVZ. I have been using it on many servers for years with no problems. It is quite lightweight and easy to use. I think you can run OpenVZ inside KVM as well.
- SZ Quadri