--- title: My VM is Lighter (and Safer) than your Container | daily.dev description: Containers are lightweight compared to virtual machines but offer weaker isolation. The paper examines whether there is a tradeoff between isolation and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-vm-is-lighter-and-safer-than-your-container-xyuuawnez twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My VM is Lighter (and Safer) than your Container | daily.dev og:description: Containers are lightweight compared to virtual machines but offer weaker isolation. The paper examines whether there is a tradeoff between isolation and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-vm-is-lighter-and-safer-than-your-container-xyuuawnez og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xyUUaWnez.png og:image:alt: My VM is Lighter (and Safer) than your Container og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My VM is Lighter (and Safer) than your Container **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 18 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Containers are lightweight compared to virtual machines but offer weaker isolation. The paper examines whether there is a tradeoff between isolation and efficiency. They find that lightweight VMs can be as nimble as containers with the right toolstack. They introduce LightVM, a new Xen-based virtualization solution optimized for fast boot times and efficient resource usage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@hereldar** · 1 upvotes > This article is almost seven years old. **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > Or just use the Erlang VM with Elixir. --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#virtual-machine](https://daily.dev/tags/virtual-machine) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-vm-is-lighter-and-safer-than-your-container-xyuuawnez) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"My VM is Lighter (and Safer) than your Container","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-vm-is-lighter-and-safer-than-your-container-xyuuawnez","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-vm-is-lighter-and-safer-than-your-container-xyuuawnez"},"datePublished":"2024-05-14T12:19:31.504Z","dateModified":"2024-05-14T12:19:30.903Z","description":"Containers are lightweight compared to virtual machines but offer weaker isolation. 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