Comment by mwcampbell
10 years ago
So, why isn't any major hosting provider offering a multi-tenant Linux container hosting service directly on bare-metal Linux servers, whereas Joyent is providing Docker-compatible container hosting on SmartOS using LX-branded zones? Does anyone trust the security of Linux namespaces and cgroups in a multi-tenant environment? That's the one thing that SmartOS really seems to have going for it.
I's not just a matter of trust: namespaces and cgroups break like graham crackers. But you knew that already. ;)