Container - AshokBhat/notes GitHub Wiki

About

• Uses OS-level virtualization
• Isolated from one another and bundle their own software, libraries and configuration files
• Communicate with each other through well-defined channels
• Run by a single operating-system kernel
• Advantages vs Virtual Machines: (1) Small size on disk (2) Low overhead

Containers vs Virtual Machines

Popularity

Google:

• Runs everything in containers - Gmail, YouTube, Search
• Each week, starts over two billion containers

See Also

• Docker
• Kubernetes