[dba-Tech] Containers and Windows

[Jim Lawrence]

Hi Arthur:

Here is a link to a full Docker/Container management system where you can get a free developers copy. There is talk that Containers has the potential to make the OS irrelevant.

http://stackengine.com/

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2015 4:29:05 AM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Containers and Windows

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
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