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Serious question - at this point why not just use actual VM's?

• rcoveson 3y ago
  That's what this is. "Containers" implemented as actual VMs.
• spicyusername 3y ago
  The API for containers is widely used.
• dharmab 3y ago
  1. So you can run any container image that someone made into a Docker container instead of building your own VM images 2. So you can run in Kubernetes and use the Kubernetes API, alongside any non-VM Pods and many other features in your Kubernetes cluster 3. Because traditional hypervisors have a higher overhead cost than the microVMs used by Kata and Firecracker 4. Because traditional hypervisors have a longer startup time (e.g. Firecracker is used by Amazon to run Lambda functions)
• solarkraft 3y ago
  They are VMs, but without the annoying "pet" UX.