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Virtualized Linux Faster Than Native?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the too-specialized-to-count dept.

^switch writes "Aussies at NICTA have developed a para-virtualized Linux called Wombat that they claim outperforms native Linux. From the article: 'The L4 Microkernel works with its own open source operating system Iguana, which is specifically designed as a base for use in embedded systems.'" Specific performance results are also available from the NICTA website.

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  1. Faster and faster... by kistel · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I hope it runs faster and faster if you embed more and more layers of virtual machines! I'll never have to buy a newer processor again!

  2. yeah, right by l3v1 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I mean ok, it's nice, and it's an L4-kernel based os running faster on embedded platforms on ARM cpus than Linux kernel+os can. Yes, it's nice indeed. But neither the /. article title nor the summary does tell that.

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  3. Wombat by nighty5 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I love the name, being an Aussie I can see the amusing side.

    For those of us who arent Australian, a Wombat is an native Australian marsupial.

    The wombat has powerful burrowing techniques. I'm wondering if they chose the name because of the nature of virtualisaton and how it burrows metaphorically into the O/S.