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Whats the difference between unikernels and kata containers?
by jeshwanth 9y ago
Whats the difference between unikernels and kata containers?
- jchw 9y agoDifferent approaches to isolation. A kata container is using Clear Linux to load a feature-complete Linux kernel into tiny VMs (disclaimer: I do not know exactly how it's different from any other VM,) a unikernel is a small bare-metal "library" that gives you minimal OS-like functions to put in a hypervisor to run your application. Unikernels are still more minimal, I'd guess.
- ams6110 9y agoHere's a recent paper about the unikernel approach http://cnp.neclab.eu/projects/lightvm/lightvm.pdf http://cnp.neclab.eu/projects/lightvm/lightvm.pdf