Advances, Systems and Applications
Table 2 Comparison between multiple execution environments
Features | Traditional VM | Docker Containers | g-Visor (Google) | microVMs (Amazon) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of functionalities in | Almost none | Almost all | Less than in containers | More than in VMs |
host OS kernel [35] |  |  |  |  |
App startup times | Very high | Medium | Medium | High |
Isolation guarantees | Medium-high | Low | Medium | High |
Complexity | High | Medium-low | Medium-low | Medium |
Written in safe prog. languages | No | Yes (Go) | Yes (Golang) | Yes (Rust) |