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OpenVZ Essentials

You're reading from   OpenVZ Essentials Create and administer virtualized containers on your server using the robust OpenVZ

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782167327
Length 110 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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What is OS-level virtualization?

OS-level virtualization is a type of virtualization that is kernel-based. It depends on a host OS to manage, create, and configure containers on the host server through a specialized kernel.

Another type of virtualization is bare bones virtualization; this type of virtualization differs from the OS-level virtualization by providing a small OS that is booted instead of a host OS such as Windows or Linux. This type of virtualization is used to reduce the resource overhead on the host OS.

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