Implementations
| Mechanism | Operating system | License | Available since/between | Features | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File system isolation | Copy on Write | Disk quotas | I/O rate limiting | Memory limits | CPU quotas | Network isolation | Partition checkpointing and live migration |
Root privilege isolation | ||||
| chroot | most UNIX-like operating systems | Proprietary
BSD GNU GPL CDDL |
1982 | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| iCore Virtual Accounts | Windows XP | Proprietary/Freeware | 2008 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
| Linux-VServer (security context) |
Linux | GNU GPL v.2 | 2001 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Partial |
| LXC | Linux | GNU GPL v.2 | 2008 | Partial | Partial. Yes with Btrfs. | Partial. Yes with LVM or Disk quota. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| OpenVZ | Linux | GNU GPL v.2 | 2005 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Parallels Virtuozzo Containers | Linux, Windows | Proprietary | 2001 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Container/Zone | Solaris and OpenSolaris | CDDL | 2005 | Yes | Partial. Yes with ZFS | Yes | Partial. Yes with Illumos. | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| FreeBSD Jail | FreeBSD | BSD | 1998 | Yes | Yes (ZFS) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial |
| sysjail | OpenBSD, NetBSD | BSD | - no longer supported as of 03-03-2009 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
| WPARs | AIX | Proprietary | 2007 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| HP-UX Containers (SRP) | HPUX | Proprietary | 2007 | Yes | No | Partial. Yes with logical volumes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Sandboxie | Windows | Proprietary/Shareware | 2004 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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