hypervisor
Testing LXD, Canonical’s Container Hypervisor for Linux
Canonical is betting that LXD, which it calls the “pure-container hypervisor,” can beat VMware, KVM and other traditional hypervisors. To see for myself, I recently gave it a whirl. Here’s what I ...
Is Being Open Source Docker’s Killer Feature?
What’s driving Docker’s popularity? There are lots of obvious factors. But here’s one that receives less attention: Docker is free and open source. Here’s why that matters more than people may realize. If ...
RightScale Survey Finds Many Containers Land on Virtual Machines
When Docker containers first came on the scene the general expectation was that they would emerge as a lighter weight alternative to traditional virtual machines. But as it turns out a new ...
VMware Advances Photon Controller Project
When it comes to containers VMware is pursuing a two-pronged strategy. One is via the existing VMware hypervisor on which containers can be deployed. The other involves a PhotonOS project based on ...
Assertion: Containers Work Best In Conjunction With VMs
Tom Phelan, former lead software engineer, VMware, now co-founder and Chief Architect, BlueData, believes that despite the disruption containers are causing, these software separators work best alongside of VMs and not as ...
Will Containers Replace Virtual Machines?
A question I am often asked, is will containers replace virtual machines? With containers being lightweight, portable and with fast startup time, it would seem to be a no brainer. While containers ...