Understanding the container advantage
Chapter 1, Proxmox VE Fundamentals, introduced GNU/Linux containers generally and worked particularly at distinguishing them from virtual machines. This section elaborates some advantages of containers, and it imagines a scenario ideal for container deployment.
Where an administrator could run 10-100 virtual machines on a physical host, she/he could run 100-1000 containers on the same host without compromising significantly on performance (http://computerpcdeal.com/servers-dell-poweredge/news_2014-06-17-05-30-07-224.html).
Containers may be thought of, initially, as very lightweight virtual machines, but with much lower overhead and the added value of simplified deployment.
Proxmox VE and the case for LXC
Containers are the legacy of FreeBSD jails and have enjoyed a kind of renaissance that has become an increasingly valuable cultural touchstone among computing professionals, particularly since the rise of Docker in June of 2014.
It's important to keep in...
