Virtualization

Virtual Machines

• Virtualize the hardware
• Come with complete OS and kernal
• Interact with the hardware via a hypervisor
• Run on standby
• Start in minutes
• Usually GBs in size

Containers

• Virtualize the OS
• Interact with and use the host OS and host kernal
  • Docker does this via Docker Daemon
• Will exit without an active process
• Start in seconds
• Usually MBs in size