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Something elided here is that nested virtualization on regular EC2 instances has only been possible since February this year[1] - before this, you had to use a
by sudb 4mo ago
Something elided here is that nested virtualization on regular EC2 instances has only been possible since February this year[1] - before this, you had to use a metal EC2 instance to run Firecracker VMs.
1. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/02/amazon-ec2-nested-virtualization-on-virtual/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/02/amazon-ec...
- gregpr07 4mo agoYeah pretty new stuff - official it’s still not recommended but works really well so far! Finally we don’t have to run baremetal
- nunez 4mo agoAnd metal instances are MEGA slow to start and stop.
- a012 4mo agoNever used baremetal servers? They’re freaking slow to cold start or restart cycles