Sanos is a minimalistic 32-bit x86 OS kernel for network
server appliances running on standard PC hardware. The kernel implements basic operating
system services like booting, memory management, thread scheduling, local and remote file
systems, TCP/IP networking, and DLL loading and linking.
A Win32 layer allows the standard HotSpot JVM to run, essentially providing a JavaOS
platform for server applications. It can also be used as a small kernel for embedded
network server applications written in C. Sanos has a standard POSIX based API and an
ANSI Standard C runtime library.
The kernel was initially developed as part of an experiment on investigating the
feasibility of running java server applications without a traditional operating system
only using a simple kernel. The sanos kernel is open source and released under a general
BSD software license.
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