Re: [Userops] Why is it hard to move from one machine to another? An ana
From:
Dave Crossland
Subject:
Re: [Userops] Why is it hard to move from one machine to another? An analysis.
Date:
Thu, 9 Apr 2015 18:01:03 -0400
Hi Asheesh
On 8 April 2015 at 15:20, Asheesh Laroia <address@hidden> wrote:
"Docker container" means large disk footprint.
I don't think this is so; Docker containers are mostly misused as full system images, because people using them have used vm systems that pre-date container systems and haven't upgraded their mindset.
Again, "Containers will do to apt what apt did to tar" - its like folks using dpkg like it was tar, `dpkg -i *.deb`, instead of setting up an apt repository and apt-get'ing those packages (which with ubuntu ppa infrastructure is now more common.)
I think the difference between Sandstorm containers and a Docker containers is a key understanding.
Docker _can_ containerise a full system image, but its not an ideal, 'post containerisation' use pattern... Can Sandstorm?
AFAIK, no, and that means using Sandstorm is, de facto, a 'post containerisation' usage pattern.