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Container versus VM

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What is one advantage of using containers over VMs in regard to starting times and memory consumption?

Question Answers​

  • VMs can start up faster and use less memory than containers.
  • Containers can start up faster and use less memory than VMs.
  • The comparison cannot be made.

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This means that they impose less resource overhead than virtual machines, which need to run a complete guest operating system on top of the host operating system using a hypervisor.