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Containers vs Virtual Machines

What You Will Learn

  • The difference between containers and VMs
  • When you would use each

This page is a placeholder. Full content will be written after tone/depth review of priority chapters.

Planned Content

  • VM = full computer simulation, Container = isolated process
  • Gaming PC analogy: VM is like running a whole second computer, container is like running a game in a sandbox
  • Resource comparison table
  • Why Junovy uses containers
  • Trade-offs and when VMs still make sense

Key Takeaways

  • Containers are lighter and faster than VMs
  • Containers share the host OS kernel

What Is Next

Next up: Docker in Five Minutes where you will build your first container from a Dockerfile.

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