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So what's being shown off here? Clearly it's impressive that a web server VM is loaded so quickly, but what's the key? Is it a carefully configured Xen VM? Or i

So what's being shown off here? Clearly it's impressive that a web server VM is loaded so quickly, but what's the key? Is it a carefully configured Xen VM? Or is it the use of Erlang?

asabil 14y ago
This is an OS-less web server VM, basically an modified Erlang VM to run directly on "almost" bare-metal
- viktorsovietov 14y ago
  Actually, we didn't modify Ericsson's Erlang VM, we have written our own.
  - thepumpkin1979 14y ago
    Impressive, is that what Zerg is about? where can I find more information about this?
    - Zolomon 14y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zergling#Zerg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zergling#Zerg or http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zerg-rush http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zerg-rush
      - viktorsovietov 14y ago
        Zerg is just a demo that shows how elastic and scalable could be OSless VMs even over current cloud infrastructure