by Reeshma Mathews | Aug 3, 2017 | Server Administration, Server Management
With most businesses moving online, customers started expecting their servers to be provisioned in a few minutes. That was when the demand for virtualization sky-rocketed, as it enabled creation of server instances in just a few clicks. For big cloud service providers...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 12, 2016 | Docker, Server Management
Due to its ‘light-weight’ reputation, container technologies such as Docker and LXC get a lot of attention from online businesses these days. Docker and LXC are suited for different purposes. But in the flurry of information floating in the internet, these...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 9, 2016 | Docker, Server Administration, Server Management, Technical Support
Though Docker containers are sometimes referred as ‘light-weight VMs’, they are not VMs (virtual machines). Both serve different purposes, and hence one cannot replace the other. Their underlying architecture is what differentiates Docker from Virtual...
by Reeshma Mathews | Jan 15, 2016 | Server Management
Even the best software application that works seamlessly in the development server, may go haywire in the live server, due to version mismatch or compatibility issues with the server software. To facilitate smooth completion of a software project, its development and...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 22, 2015 | Docker, ovirt
2015 State of the Cloud Survey showed that adoption of Docker technology was a rising trend, with around 48% DevOps companies using it. Docker is an open source project that package applications and run-time binaries into Linux containers. With Docker, developers can...
