Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Dec 17 22:02:40 CST 2013
Hi All:
Gustav brought up an important point about Visualization deployed by Microsoft...the comments went on further and related the apparent cost differences(?). Between MS VM and Cisco's VMware but the real comparisons should be directed between LXC (Linux Container) and the rest of the virtual market place.
The whole LXC technology that initially was very complex to deploy is now becoming easy. Docker is the company to watch. Their latest effort, version 0.7, is quite incredible.
Here is a conversation with one of the Docker creators, Sylvain Kalache. The first 31 minutes of the podcast will give anyone insight into what the application is, its potential and where to go to get further information if you are thinking of building your own Docker container server:
http://ec.libsyn.com/p/9/3/c/93c40fcb0a42f70f/lup-0016-ogg.ogg?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01c08034d5c95c5f94&c_id=6463958
Below is a short Youtube video showing the complexity of deploying new Docker containers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW9CAH9nSLs
See: https://www.docker.io and installation: https://www.docker.io/gettingstarted/#h_installation
The next series of technical advancements, like the upcoming linking tech, that will allow containers to connect sounds very exciting. From now on anyone will be able to roll-their-own, in-house or personal cloud virtual servers without having to rely on the big players to sell services. Once one virtual server is created it can be deployed hundreds (thousands) of times. (I am not sure how this would work in a Microsoft shop but with a site license it should be no issue.)
Note: Docker was designed to be a 64bit application but some community members are apparently working towards building a 32bit version capable of running on the Raspberry PI.
Jim