Re: [Rdo-list] Why do I need KVM, XEN, if I can use Docker / LXC?

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 11:42:21PM +0100, Arash Kaffamanesh wrote: There are also a number of situations in which a container based solution may not offer sufficient flexibility. For example: - A container based solution cannot run a kernel other than the one in use on the physical host. This may not be compatible with the operating system your clients want to run. - A container based solution cannot run a completely different operating system. People often want to run Windows instances in the cloud, and occasionally other non-Linux options like FreeBSD. Additionally, the container driver for OpenStack are not yet as mature as the hypervisor drivers, and may lack the features or stability to make them an attractive alternative. -- Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars(a)redhat.com&gt; | larsks @ irc Cloud Engineering / OpenStack | " " @ twitter