Introduction to OS Virtualization, Containers, and OpenVZ
Start: Oct 08, 6:00 p.m.
End: Oct 08, 7:00 p.m.
Location: 223 (map)
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Container features have started appearing in the mainline Linux kernel but bit will be a few years before LXC (Linux Native Containers) reaches the functionality of much older, out-of-tree projects such as OpenVZ and Linux-VServer.

This presentation will serve as an introduction to containers with an emphasis on OpenVZ and will answer such questions as:

What is OS Virtualization and why are containers important?

What virtualization use cases are containers especially well suited for?

What virtualization use cases are containers not well suited for?

A brief history of OpenVZ will be provided along with installation instructions and a demo of container creation, configuration and live migration.