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S. SubramanianDeploy Container Applications Using Kuberneteshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9277-8_1

1. From VMs to Containers

Shiva Subramanian1  
(1)
Georgia, GA, USA
 

In this chapter, we will explain the benefits of deploying an application via containers vs. the traditional method of using VMs while observing the benefits containers offer over the VMs for solving the same problem set.

In a large-scale environment, such as is typical in an enterprise setting, with hundreds, if not thousands, of applications to be hosted and supported, the problem of deploying and managing those applications via VMs can be categorized into two main categories, namely: ...

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