Virtual Machines vs Containers: Understanding the Differences

🔒Virtual machines achieve hardware virtualization, creating virtualized instances of components like processors, RAM, and storage.

📦Containers provide operating system-level virtualization, allowing applications to run in isolated environments.

⚖️Virtual machines achieve machine isolation, creating separate workstations out of one server.

🔍Containers achieve process isolation, allowing applications to see only what's necessary for them to run.

💻Virtual machines offer infinite flexibility in terms of hardware resources.

What is the main difference between virtual machines and containers?

—The main difference is that virtual machines achieve hardware virtualization, while containers provide operating system-level virtualization.

What is the level of isolation achieved by virtual machines?

—Virtual machines achieve machine isolation, creating separate workstations out of one server.

What is the level of isolation achieved by containers?

—Containers achieve process isolation, allowing applications to see only what's necessary for them to run.

Which offers more flexibility, virtual machines or containers?

—Virtual machines offer infinite flexibility in terms of hardware resources.

Which offers more portability, virtual machines or containers?

—Containers offer infinite portability, as they can be run on different machines without hardware limitations.

00:00The video introduces the topic of virtual machines and containers.

00:24Virtual machines achieve hardware virtualization.

01:34Containers provide operating system-level virtualization.

04:25Virtual machines achieve machine isolation.

06:36Containers achieve process isolation.

06:55Virtual machines offer infinite flexibility.

07:48Virtual machines and containers can work together in certain use-cases.

08:03The video concludes with a call to action and credits.