Virtualization and Containers: From VMs to Microservices
Virtualization and Containers: From VMs to Microservices Technology has grown from big, fixed machines to flexible software layers. Virtual machines and containers are two key ideas that power modern apps. This article compares them in plain terms and shows practical paths for teams building services today. Virtualization creates a full guest server inside a host machine. Each VM runs its own operating system, uses memory, and has disk space. The result is strong isolation and easy moves between clouds. But VMs can be slower to start and heavier to run, especially when you have many separate machines. ...