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Will this technology allow running a POSIX kernel alongside like in a VM? Or will these Containers be limited to Windows server software?
by m_mueller 12y ago
Will this technology allow running a POSIX kernel alongside like in a VM? Or will these Containers be limited to Windows server software?
- jacques_chester 12y agoContainerisation is a new term for OS-level virtualisation. So in a current meaning of virtualisation, no. It will not let you put a Linux container on a Windows kernel. You could run a VM on Hyper-V VMs, and presumably it will respond to the Docker API, but that just means it's a VM.
- m_mueller 12y agoI figured as much, I just wasn't sure. I figured it's possible that at some point the container host could load another kernel in case a container needs it. I'm thinking this is where VMware and Citrix should be going in the future.