website - firecracker
https://firecracker-microvm.github.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22512196
Related to firecracker
How fast does a fire cracker VM start up?::: 125 ms
How much memory does a firecracker VM use?::: 5 MB
Firecracker is an alternative to what?::: QEMU
What are firecracker's lightweight virtual machines called?::: MicroVMs
What are the two key features that traditional VMs provide?::: Security and workload isolation
Firecracker is a what?::: virtual machine monitor
What does VMM stand for?::: virtual machine monitor
In firecracker what is it that creates and manages microVMs?::: KVM
How does firecracker enhance security?::: it uses a minimal device model
How many microVMs per host per second can firecracker create?::: 150
How does fire cracker optimize sharing of network and storage resources?::: it has built-in rate limiting
What is the similarity between QEMU and firecracker?::: they are both virtual machine monitors
What is the difference between fire cracker and QEMU?::: QEMU is more general purpose
What level of the OS does firecracker run in?::: userspace
What is the companion program to firecracker that provides further isolation from other userspace programs?::: jailer
What is the purpose of firecrackers meta-data service?::: to securely share data between the host and guest OS
How many microVMs can run on the same host at the same time?::: Thousands