So that is a resource management application. So an example of resource management is you might have a particular group of processes, you want to not let it use more than 200 MB of physical memory, and a certain amount of disk bandwidth, network bandwidth, a certain amount of CPU - so you can just have this little blob and give it maximum amount of resources it can consume, let it run without letting it trash everything else which is running on the machine. A whole lot of other stuff is going to plug in underneath it, which is under development at present. It's just a framework for containerization. It's in my tree at present and I'm hoping to get it in at 2.6.24. In fact, the major, central piece of the whole containerization framework is from an engineer at Google. Other people who are running world famous web search engines also want resource management in their kernel. A number of people in the high end numerical computing want this numerical computing area want resource management.
Well, you have a whole bunch of servers which are 30 percent loaded - move all those things onto one the machine without having to tread on each others toes. It can be used for machine partitioning, to partition workloads amongst one machine, otherwise known as workload management. It's a whole cloud of different features which have different applications.
Some people call it containerization, others will call it operating system virtualization, other people will call it resource management. The one prediction I am prepared to make is that over the next 1 to 2 years there'll be quite a lot of focus in the core of the Linux kernel on the project which has many names. Update: here's the transcription of the relevant part, provided by dowdle. It is quite interesting to see what he thinks of containers - to see that part, scroll to 40:58. Among the other topics, he tells what is going to be in the kernel in a year or so. I just came across the video of Andrew speaking at the LinuxWorld Expo 2007.
Linux beancounter code#
As you know, most of the new kernel code goes through Andrew Morton, the right hand of Linus Torvalds. ® *Bootnoteīritish slang describing a car made by welding the back end of one car to the front of another, typically after both vehicles have been damaged beyond repair.One of the goals of OpenVZ project is to integrate containers functionality into the mainstream Linux kernel. However, since any private equity investor will have an exit plan and certainly expect its money back one day, those lofty ideals will be tested in the not-too-distant future. With the independence it expects from the deal, it assumes continued participation in the community. SUSE are keen to emphasise that the open-source model is embedded in its corporate culture.
Growth at SUSE is hovering around the 10 per cent EQT likes to see and the FOSS aspect sits nicely with EQT's social responsibility aims.ĮQT partner Johannes Reichel explained: "We were impressed by the business' strong performance over the last years as well as by its strong culture and heritage as a pioneer in the open source space." Brauckman went on to trot out the sort of thing investors like to hear: "The next chapter in SUSE's development will continue, and even accelerate the momentum generated over recent years," before extolling the virtues of his new best buddy, Swedish private equity firm EQT.
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