Container instances. Calling docker run on an OCI image results in the allocation of system resources to create a ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. When a Docker container is first explained to you, it's hard not to wonder if these Linux structures ...

Linux container technology is getting lots of attention for its ability to solve technical challenges, and now VMware is teaming up with Docker and Google to take it deeper into the enterprise. On ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Virtual machines were the cock of the walk fifteen years ago, but they have fallen out of favor ...

Linux, of course, has long had hypervisors such as its built-in KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) and Xen but containers take a different approach to virtualization. In traditional hypervisors, the entire ...