What are the differences between LXC and OpenVZ?

Differences between LXC and OpenVZ

There are many articles showing tables and matching feature by feature between LXC and OpenVZ. However I was looking for the 'differences' only, which in my opinion makes all the 'difference'. :-) Just kidding. Anyhow I did some research and as of my writing today Feb 23, 2016 here are the major differences between LXC and OpenVZ that you should know:

LXC

• built into linux kernel
• pretty young (started 1st first 0.1.0 released in 2008)
• Isolation method: use Cgroups and Namespaces
• Does not support Live Migration yet (as of Feb 2016)
• No Storage I/O priority
• Partial Container Lockdown
• Can Not limit kernel memory usage

OpenVZ

• patched kernel
• shared same developers as LXC (but started earlier)
• Isolation method: use Jails or Zones
• Support Live Migration
• Has Storage I/O priority
• Full Container Lockdown
• Can limit kernel memory usage