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Virtualization Vs Containerization

The document compares virtualization and containerization across various features. Virtualization uses a hypervisor and requires more resources, while containerization utilizes a container engine, is more efficient, and offers faster startup times. Additionally, virtualization provides stronger isolation but is less portable compared to the lightweight and highly portable nature of containerization.

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Virtualization Vs Containerization

The document compares virtualization and containerization across various features. Virtualization uses a hypervisor and requires more resources, while containerization utilizes a container engine, is more efficient, and offers faster startup times. Additionally, virtualization provides stronger isolation but is less portable compared to the lightweight and highly portable nature of containerization.

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Comparison: Virtualization vs Containerization

Feature Virtualization Containerization

Technology Used: Uses a hypervisor to create and run virtual


Uses machines.
a container engine like Docker to ru

Operating System: Each VM runs its own guest OS. Containers share the host OS kernel.

Resource Usage: High resource consumption (RAM, CPU,


Lowstorage).
resource consumption, more efficien

Startup Time: Slower, takes minutes to boot. Faster, takes seconds to start.

Isolation: Strong isolation with separate OS instances.


Lightweight isolation using namespaces

Portability: Less portable, due to OS dependencies.


Highly portable across platforms and env

Size: VMs are large (in GBs). Containers are small (in MBs).

Performance: Slightly lower performance due to OS Near-native


overhead. performance.

Use Cases: Suitable for running different OSs on one


Ideal
machine.
for microservices, DevOps, and CI/

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