[e2e] Virtual Hosts (BSD/Linux Stacks) in User Space?

[Jon Crowcroft]

ensim
used to work in this space

they did a deal for academics

dunno if they still do... ... ...
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virtualising stuff is the very soul of computer science
(esp. obsolete operating systems and protocols and games)

In message <5.1.0.14.2.20020211081637.03043e88 at mail.reed.com>, "David P. Reed" typed:

 >>Well, if you want to run multiple emulated Linux machines on a Windows 
 >>machine, there are two products that do this.  (of course you need a hefty 
 >>configuration)
 >>
 >>one is VMWare Workstation 3.0 (http://www.vmware.com).
 >>
 >>It seems to have the properties you want...
 >>
 >>Also connectix has Virtual PC for windows, which is said to do the same.
 >>
 >>http://www.connectix.com/products/vpc4w.html
 >>
 >>Seems like these might just do the trick.
 >>
 >>At 08:00 PM 2/10/2002 -0500, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman wrote:
 >>>Folks,
 >>>
 >>>We would like to cut our cycle times for developing prototypes, and be
 >>>able to experiment with a large number of network nodes. But we are
 >>>limited by kernel programming vagaries, and the number of physical nodes
 >>>in our lab testbed.
 >>>
 >>>I have heard that folks (esp in startups) have ported BSD and Linux stacks
 >>>so that several virtual machines can be instantiated in a single machine.
 >>>This way when we crash the virtual machine, we wont crash the physical
 >>>machine. And we can instantiate several of these to emulate fully featured
 >>>prototypes and get significantly different information that what is
 >>>possible in simulation...
 >>>
 >>>Now the question: do such software exist in the public domain? My
 >>>requirements are slightly different in scope from what's provided in Jay
 >>>Lepreau's incredible Emulab facilty.
 >>>http://www.emulab.net/index.php3
 >>>
 >>>best
 >>>-Shiv
 >>>===
 >>>Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
 >>>Associate Professor, Dept of ECSE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
 >>

 cheers

   jon