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I don't know if you saw the story about Joyent's Triton dealie-majig yesterday or not: But do you know if the Solaris Zones are considered secure enough for multi-tenancy?

I'm excited about giving that a try, but I'm trying to find out if anyone has really different opinions on how well it can/will work. So far people seem to be really, really positive and I haven't seen much skepticism/criticism yet.



Solaris zones have been around much longer, and have undergone audits and also been used for multitenancy in production for almost 10 years now. The new LX brand may have some new surface that it's worth auditing, but in general Solaris zones are probably, to my knowledge, the most trusted OS-level virtualization system amongst the major contenders. Disclaimer: I was a Joyent customer and have a few friends and acquaintances who work there still.




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