> Just to clarify, Joyent does this too, no? Or is it just that the
> Solaris scheduler handles the prioritization of tasks/resources
> better? I haven't yet had the chance to use Joyent, but I thought
> this was one of their selling points.
It depends on the size of your instance. If you're using a whole CPU
(not core, CPU) Joyent can dedicate that CPU to you and nobody else can
touch it. One of the advantages of Solaris over Xen.
--Josh