Tag: VMs

How to Isolate Development Environments: Vagrant vs. Docker
"It works on my machine." This line has become an excuse often overused by developers to escape the burden of having to investigate problems experienced by end users that they are unable ...

Core Factors Influencing Java Memory Consumption
Java is known for having an insatiable appetite for resources, requiring strict controls to not exceed budget limits. However, the latest JDK updates and other developments have helped to make Java runtime ...

VMs, Containers, Cloud, Cluster: Scheduling Differences
Scheduling is a large part of making the data center go, and more to the point of making the virtualized (be it VMs, cloud, containers, or clustering) portion of the data center ...

The One Simple Reason to Consider Clustering
As you may know, I’m pretty interested in the newest round of clustered computing these days. I’m digging in pretty deep to see how well-suited it is to the enterprise, and how ...

Are VMs becoming El Caminos?
In 2010, it looked as if virtualization had won. We expected all servers to virtualize workloads and the primary question was which cloud infrastructure manager would dominate. Now in 2015, the picture ...