Episode 56
Container revolution is one of the hottest topics nowadays in software development industry. The little blue whale, the Docker logo, can be seen on most programming conferences as well as numerous Twitter feeds of, so called, IT influencers.
Today, along with containers, we will talk about their older and fatter siblings: virtual machines. It’s good to understand similarities and differences between those two and how to take advantage of that. We will talk about what containers are and what they are not. Contrary to what might have seem, containers did not render virtual machines entirely obsolete and there are reasons to use both.
Virtual Machines
Virtual machines are emulations of computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical machine using appropriate combination of software and hardware. It’s not a new concept, as first implementation dates back to systems developed in the sixties like IBM CP-40. They are commonly used to Read the rest of this entry »
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