LinuxCon North America/CloudOpen North America

Linux cgroups and namespace containers are fast moving technology that are quickly making it possible to have, in essence, very lightweight virtual machines. Imagine isolating every application on your server without wasting memory on additional Kernel instances. Google and Heroku have been using these technologies as fundamental building blocks on their server infrastructure for some time; and in the last year new projects have been developed to make it easy for you to use these same technologies on your own machines. This talk will explore how cgroups and namespace isolation can be used to better deploy applications on your server and manage your infrastructure in new ways.