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Can anyone please give a simple example or link of a use case of containers need?

I use KVM/Qemu VMs at home and work(dev box), I have a dozen always running VMs. However, I started to read more and more about LXC containers, and still cannot grasp their importance... for example, I manage a few VPSs too, each has it's own purpose (web server, database), how could LXC help me?

Thank you in advance.



Basically every Platform-as-a-Service uses containers. They're much more efficient than VMs (resources, spin-up/down times) and the underlying infrastructure is standardized anyway. They may not very well not be relevant to a couple of home systems. We're talking about large-scale infrastructures.


Yes, fast spin-up/down are an advantage.

Thanks.


Basically you can use them just like you use your VM's. The main difference is you lose the ability to have different kernel's for each VM.


Ok, thank you.




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