OS Level Virtulization Implementations Comparison

Features

Available Mechanism Operating system License since or File Copy Partition check Root between Disk I/O rate Memory CPU Network Nested system on pointing and privilege

quotas limiting limits quotas isolation virtualization isolation Write live migration isolation

Most UNIX-like operating Varies by operating

chroot 1982 Partial No No No No No No Yes No No systems system

Linux,FreeBSD,Windows x64 Only in Yes (since Yes (since

Docker (Pro, Enterprise and Apache License 2.0 2013 Yes Yes Not directly Yes Yes Yes Yes Experimental 1.10) 1.10) Education) macOS Mode with CRIU

Yes

FreeBSD jail FreeBSD, DragonFly BSD BSD License 2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes (ZFS)

iCore Virtual

Windows XP Freeware 2008 Yes No Yes No No No No ? No ?

Accounts

Linux-VServer

Linux, Windows Server 2016 GNU GPLv2 2001 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial ? No Partial (security context)

lmctfy Linux Apache License 2.0 2013 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial ? No Partial

LXC Linux GNU GPLv2 2008 Yes Yes Partial Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Yes

OpenVZ Linux GNU GPLv2 2005 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes (ZFS)

RKT Linux Apache License 2.0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Sandboxie Windows Trialware 2004 Yes Yes Partial No No No Partial No No Yes

Singularity Linux BSD Licence 2015 Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes

Solaris illumos(OpenSolaris), CDDL, Yes 2004 Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Partial Partial Yes Containers(Zones) Solaris Proprietary (ZFS)

sysjail OpenBSD, NetBSD BSD License 2006–2009 Yes No No No No No Yes No No ? Features

Available Mechanism Operating system License since or File Copy Partition check Root between Disk I/O rate Memory CPU Network Nested system on pointing and privilege

quotas limiting limits quotas isolation virtualization isolation Write live migration isolation

systemd-nspawn Linux GNU LGPLv2.1+ 2010 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes

Turbo Windows Freemium 2012 Yes No No No No No Yes No No Yes

Virtuozzo Linux, Windows Trialware 2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes

Commercial

WPARs AIX 2007 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? proprietary software