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by pekk 4511 days ago
Why do people keep pretending this is the purpose of containers?
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Why is that not the purpose of containers? FreeBSD jails have been used for security for years.
Because PaaSes use containers to isolate customers from each other.
Why not use VMs for isolation, and containers for their own distinct reasons?
Overhead.