SMRTR AIJul 2, 2026Hacker News

Running a Virtual Machine on a Cloud Box That Can't Run Virtual Machines

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Cheap cloud boxes typically can't run virtual machines because they're already VMs themselves, lacking the hardware features needed. A software-based solution called PVM bypasses this limitation, enabling real VM isolation on budget servers — perfect for safely running untrusted code like contest submissions without expensive bare-metal hardware.

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