How is Docker better: business reasons
Docker is kind of a VM lite, or is it?
- share OS: OS based virtualization (i.e. Linux)
- more application delivery technology than virtualization tech: https://blog.docker.com/2016/03/containers-are-not-vms
Business reasons
- enables microservices
- standardized runnable units
- across environments DTAP (Development to Production)
Technical advantages
- small memory footprint
- boot much quicker
Background information
What is Docker? https://www.docker.com/what-docker