OSv

OSv
BSD license
Official website	osv.io

OSv (stylized OS^v) is a

context switching.^[4] It uses large amounts of code from the FreeBSD operating system, in particular the network stack and the ZFS file system. OSv can be managed using a REST Management API and an optional command-line interface written in Lua

.

References

^ Kurth, Lars (3 December 2013). "Are Cloud Operating Systems the Next Big Thing?". linux.com. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ Madhavapeddy, Anil & Scott, David J. (12 January 2014). "Unikernels: Rise of the Virtual Library Operating System". ACM Queue. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
^ Buys, Jon (18 September 2013). "Cloudius Systems Announced OSv, an Operating System for the Cloud". OStatic. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^ Corbet, Jonathan (18 September 2013). "Rethinking the guest operating system". LWN.net. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

External links

osv on GitHub
Slides introducing the basic concept
OSv—Optimizing the Operating System for Virtual Machines—paper presented at the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in 2014
Original announcement

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[1] Kurth, Lars (3 December 2013). "Are Cloud Operating Systems the Next Big Thing?". linux.com. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[2] Madhavapeddy, Anil & Scott, David J. (12 January 2014). "Unikernels: Rise of the Virtual Library Operating System". ACM Queue. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[3] Buys, Jon (18 September 2013). "Cloudius Systems Announced OSv, an Operating System for the Cloud". OStatic. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

[4] Corbet, Jonathan (18 September 2013). "Rethinking the guest operating system". LWN.net. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

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