Whether you should use a Docker container or a virtual machine is really going to be on a case-by-case basis. In my opinion, 99 percent of the time, you'll be just fine with a Docker container.

The difference between Docker and a Virtual Machine. Virtual machines were the cock of the walk fifteen years ago, but they have fallen out of favor in recent year in preference to Docker containers.

While Docker utilizes virtualization technology in the Linux kernel, it uses the kernel to create containers, not virtual machines. These technologies don’t just compete in a sense, but they can be ...

In-Depth. Containers vs. Virtual Machines. The release of Windows Server 2016 will bring a new option of building apps based on micro-services that run in Docker and other standard containers.

Like a virtual machine, a Docker container can hold an application, freeing the developer from worrying about writing to the underlying system software.Unlike full virtual machines, though, a ...

I have a pi running docker and a few, can I say virtual machines or containers. When it comes to setting the date on some of them, Node Red, it was steep to discover how.

A more minimal solution, Docker swarm mode, can be used to manage many Docker containers across multiple Docker hosts. Containers don’t replace virtual machines.

Google is throwing its weight behind containers, an increasingly popular virtualization technology that can ease the process of spinning up applications in the cloud.

In-Depth. Containers vs. Virtual Machines. The release of Windows Server 2016 will bring a new option of building apps based on micro-services that run in Docker and other standard containers.