---
title: "My VM is Lighter (and Safer) than your Container"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-vm-is-lighter-and-safer-than-your-container-xyuuawnez
source_url: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3132747.3132763
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2024-05-14T12:19:31.504Z
updated: 2024-05-14T12:19:30.903Z
tags: ["performance", "containers", "virtual-machine"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 18
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# 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.

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## 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.

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Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#virtual-machine](https://daily.dev/tags/virtual-machine)

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