Containers in the Data Center

Learn about containers, the difference between containers and virtual machines, and important things to remember while designing applications for containers.

What are containers?

Containers have invaded the data center, pushed there by developer insistence. Containers promise to deliver the process isolation and packaging of a virtual machine together with a developer-friendly build process. The container hypothesis says, “I’ll never again have to ask if production matches QA.”

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