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Run containers on bare metal already!

Bryan Cantrill · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Bryan Cantrill's Velocity NYC 2015 talk argues for running containers directly on bare metal rather than layering them on virtual machines. He covers the history of containers and how SmartOS runs Linux workloads via syscall emulation.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as an engaging and informative explanation of why containers on VMs waste resources and hurt performance.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “he's an extremely engaging speaker, so not only are you likely to watch all of that 40 minute talk”

    Engaging talk on SmartOS LX branded zones and why containers

    kbenson, 2017-11 · Strong recommendation · in “My VM is lighter and safer than your container”

  2. “A detailed explanation why is in this informative video by Bryan Cantrill”

    Why layering containers on VMs wastes resources and hurts performance

    dpeterson, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “EC2 Dedicated Hosts”

  3. “Joyent CTO Bryan Cantrill gave a great talk at Velocity NYC 2015 about the history of containers”

    History of containers and problems of running them in VMs

    cpeterso, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “What is a 'unikernel'?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: containers, smartos, bare metal, joyent, zones

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