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he should be comparing docker to xen paravirtual or openvz, NOT kvm.

The intent of the benchmark was to show benefits of LXC as a technology in the Cloudy space. It just so happened I chose docker as the LXC "provider" for these tests -- it could have just as easily been libvirt-lxc or something else.

Given OpenVZ is an LXC technology, comparing docker to OpenVZ would have been more of a comparison between different LXC providers. I agree this would be interesting, however not in line with the intent of the tests.. BTW -- I'm aware that OpenVZ is probably the most mature LXC solution out there.

As for docker vs Xen paravirt, that would be interesting as well and the information I presented clearly stated additional testing is warranted. I would encourage others to try such configurations and present results.

Well I, for one, want to thank you for all of this work. I have done some benchmarks in the past, and they take a ton of work!!! It's easy to sit back and armchair quarterback about performance, but it's WAY more work to sit down and do this.

I encourage anybody that has problems with your experiment to go out and retest the results and share their work!

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