IDF 2014: Bare Metal, Docker Containers, and Virtualization
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
Containers are not all that new—Solaris Zones is a form of containers that existed back in 2004. This includes cgroups (the ability to control resource allocation/utilization), which is built into the Linux kernel. There is a Docker daemon that runs on Linux; the Docker client can be run elsewhere. Docker Making Its Move.
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