Ask HN: What are the differences between various Unikernels?

by thekodols on 4/24/2015, 2:19:26 PM with 1 comments
As I can't find any comparisons online, I hope to find some help in clearing this thing up here. My interest is generally academic, I'm not looking for a solution to a specific situation.

How would I go about choosing one Unikernel over another? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each? What are the major differentiating factors between them?

  • by amirmc on 4/24/2015, 2:31:24 PM

    It's still early days for most people to make deep comparisons.

    I'd say the best thing is to actually try a few of them out. MirageOS has tutorials and I'm sure some of the others do too. I doubt enough people (outside the teams themselves) have had a chance to build useful things with each approach.