On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Always Learning <centos at 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. > > > > ............... > > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20110719/4bae6946/attachment-0006.html>