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		xyse53 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: QEMU 10.1.0 I've found QEMUs microvm to be faster at boot while having nicer tooling and a cleaner upgrade path if needing more features. Aside from hype I'm actually not sure why anyone would still use firecracker.

monocasa 5 months ago [–]

Mainly because of the much larger attack surface of QEMU.

xyse53 5 months ago | [–]

I can't quantify how much of that surface is also reduced with the microvm machine vs other parts of QEMU vs Firecracker... But fair enough point.

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