SmartOS is an Illumos-derived distro developed by Joyent as the base OS for their cloud. This presentation at illumos Day focuses on the operating system virtualization capabilities of SmartOS and details the extensive enhancements made to the OS, based on real-world production experience deploying SmartOS in the Joyent cloud.
Category Archives: KVM
Using SmartOS as a Hypervisor
January 24, 2012 – 9:08 pm
Robert Mustacchi’s talk at SCALE 10x. An excellent introduction to what SmartOS is and why it’s better. Want to learn more? Come meet Robert at the Joyent Cloud Meetup/Office Hours Jan 31. 5-7 pm. Beer and pizza provided! 60 minutes (playlist of 5 parts) slides
Alasdair Lumsden of OpenIndiana at LOSUG
September 27, 2011 – 11:04 am
This week at (what used to be) the London OpenSolaris Users Group, Alasdair Lumsden presented an OpenIndiana status update and KVM demo. Unfortunately, it wasn’t filmed, but his excellent slide deck is here. A few points I particularly liked: KVM is a Linux kernel extension that allows user-space programs to utilise the hardware virtualisation features [...]
Video: Experiences Porting KVM to SmartOS
September 23, 2011 – 11:11 am
Joyent VP of Engineering Bryan Cantrill speaks at the KVM Forum, Aug 15, 2011. Slides