[dba-Tech] Containers and Windows

[Arthur Fuller]

In case you haven't noticed, Containers are all the rage in virtualization
now, and for good reason. Traditional Virtual Machines emulate an entire
machine, including its OS, which is a lot of overhead. Containers
virtualize apps and services, leaving out the OS files, so the result is a
much smaller footprint. Microsoft id mobing to Containers in its next
releases of SQL Server and Windows Server. Azure CTO Mark Russinovich has a
blog
<http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/08/17/containers-docker-windows-and-trends/>
about it, for those interested. As for me, since I began using various VM
technologies like Oracle VirtualBox, I've always wondered why VM technology
didn't work this way. But now I realize they are solutions to different
problems. My main box rus WIndows 10, and has VMs for Windows 7 and 8.1.
Containers on the other hand would all use the same base OS, isolating the
apps instead. Not only that, but they can be clustered across machines.
Exciting times!

-- 
Arthur