Btw, I know at least one company that does sort of the reverse of what RunX/Kata do: they run virtual machines inside containers. One VM per container. This is technically perhaps not entirely optimal, but it makes sense if you already have a complete infrastructure to automatically run containers at scale, and you need an infrastructure to run VMs at scale. Package the VM inside a container and deploy it automatically using the existing container infrastructure. Saves a lot of work.
On June 14, 2021 5:48:46 PM GMT+02:00, Jason Long <
hack3rcon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Thank you.
>Do you know RunX(
https://github.com/lf-edge/runx) or Kata Containers?
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>On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 03:27:48 PM GMT+4:30, WF Konynenberg
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>The question as stated doesn't make much sense and suggests you may
>want to read up a bit on the theory behind these two technologies.
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>Containers and VMs have some significant similarities, and some
>significant differences. Which tool you use to solve any specific
>problem depends on many factors and often there isn't necessarily any
>single "best" solution.
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>But it is important to realize that these are two distinct
>technologies, each with their own specific properties.
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>So you cannot, in general, "run a container as a VM". You may be able
>to use a container in a way that gives you all the key benefits of a VM
>that you care about for this specific use case. There are many use
>cases where either a container or a VM will basically do the job, and
>you make your choice based on additional external constraints that
>might perhaps make one technology or the other more preferable for the
>organization.
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>There is no clear universal "benefit" of one over the other. The two
>technologies have some fundamentally different properties at various
>levels, and you need to consider which of these properties are and are
>not relevant for your particular use case.
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>wfk
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>On June 7, 2021 1:09:28 PM GMT+02:00, Jason Long <
hack3rcon@xxxxxxxxx>
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>>Hello,
>>What is the benefit of running a container as a VM?
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>>Thank you.
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