Kubernetes
4 articles in this category.
Cloud Hypervisor vs Firecracker: Same DNA, Opposite Goals
Two Rust MicroVM monitors built on shared rust-vmm code, diverging on purpose: Firecracker for the serverless fleet, Cloud Hypervisor for workloads that stay. Feature by feature, with versions and the operational caveats both projects document.
gVisor vs Kata Containers: Two Ways to Stop Sharing a Kernel
A container shares the host kernel with everything else on the machine. gVisor and Kata Containers both remove that, in opposite ways - one reimplements the kernel in user space, the other gives every workload a real one. How each works and the gaps each project documents.
What Is a MicroVM? The Isolation Model Behind Modern Serverless
A MicroVM is a virtual machine stripped down to what a modern workload actually needs: no legacy device emulation, a minimal monitor, boot times in the hundreds of milliseconds. Why Lambda, Fly.io and container-isolation platforms are built on them, and what the model costs.