Making the decision to use containers to run your applications is the first step. Now what? While the choice of the technology is crucial, the deployment model for containers is equally important. Containers can be run directly on a physical or virtual machine. In this article, we’ll explore why running containers on bare metal servers can be a better option than using virtual machines. While containers virtualize the operating system, virtual machines (using the hypervisor) do the same with the hardware of a physical server. To learn more about the similarities and the differences between these concepts, check out the…

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