Re: Virtualization preferences

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:44:29 -0400 (EDT) 
Daniel Feenberg <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> 
> Can I bring up avery basic question? Why is virtualization so much better 
> than multi-tasking? I can run dhcpd and bind in one real machine, why 
> would I want to run them in separate virtual machines? The reasons I can 
> think of seem fairly weak or of limited applicability =- 
> 
>    1) virtual OS is a better jail than chroot 
>    2) use different OS versions for different services 
>    3) better regulation of CPU usage across applications 
>    4) give each customer of a hosting service root 
> 
> Am I missing something important?