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The Future of Containers - Part 3 - Unikernels

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Mobycast
Episode • Jan 29, 2020 • 57m

In this episode, we cover the following topics:

  • We continue our discussion of microVMs with a look at Kata Containers.
  • Kata Containers formed by the merger of two projects: Intel Clear Containers and Hyper runV.
  • How does Kata Containers integrate with existing container tooling?
  • How mature are Kata Containers - are they ready for production?
  • We then take a look at unikernels, which take a dramatically different approach to solving the problem of providing high security with blazing performance.
  • The benefits of unikernels along with a comparison on how they differ from containers.
  • We discuss some of the most popular unikernel implementations, including OSv and MirageOS.
  • Does the future point to a deathmatch between containers and unikernels, or will there be a need for both approaches to cloud-native apps?


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