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While we are on the subject of virtualization, I have positions open in Product Management and Sales Engineering for a company in Portsmouth, NH with very cool virtualization management products. I I also have sales positions there if you know anyone that might be interested. Lori Hitchcock Hitchcock Staffing 603.766.5627 [hidden email] -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]]On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:03 AM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: Virtualization preferences 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?
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