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Azure services run on [customized] Hyper-V, thus Windows Server. Azure networking is Linux. EDIT: Marvel at the NT4 style Task Manager [0]. [0] https://techc
by p_ing 5mo ago
Azure services run on [customized] Hyper-V, thus Windows Server.
Azure networking is Linux.
EDIT: Marvel at the NT4 style Task Manager [0].
[0] https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsosplatform/azure-host-os-%E2%80%93-cloud-host/3709528 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsosplatform/a...
- monocasa 5mo agoMicrosoft just upstreamed support for running Linux as the Hyper-V equivalent of Dom0, so no Windows required. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Improves-Hyper-V https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Improves-Hyper-V
- pjmlp 5mo agoThat is still a very long way until Azure Host OS gets replaced.
- Melatonic 5mo agoGuessing some of Azure networking (or storage controllers) might even be BSD based ?
- p_ing 5mo agoAzure networking is Microsoft's own Linux: Azure Linux [0]. I don't know what they use for storage controllers. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Linux