info_tfgrid/collections/tfmanual/knowledge_base/technology/primitives/compute/zmachine.md

ZMachine

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Architecture

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Introduction

ZMachine is a unified container/virtual machine type. This can be used to start a virtual machine on a zos node.

Features

• import from docker (market std for containers)
• can be easily deployed at the edge (edge cloud)
• single-tenant, fully decentralized!
• can deploy unlimited amounts of storage using our qsfs.
• ZOS Protect: no hacking surface to the Zero-Nodes, integrate silicon route of trust
• ZOS Filesystem: dedupe, zero-install, hacker-proof
• WebGateway intelligent connection between web (internet) and container services
• integration with ZNet (efficient, secure encrypted network between the zmachines)

Architecture

A ZMachine is running as a virtual machine on top of Zero-OS.