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@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ happens, for a few reasons:
* *Size*: VMs are very large which makes them impractical to store and transfer.
* *Performance*: running VMs consumes significant CPU and memory, which makes them impractical in many scenarios, for example local development of multi-tier applications, and
large-scale deployment of cpu and memory-intensive applications on large numbers of machines.
large-scale deployment of cpu and memory-intensive applications on large numbers of machines.
* *Portability*: competing VM environments don't play well with each other. Although conversion tools do exist, they are limited and add even more overhead.
* *Hardware-centric*: VMs were designed with machine operators in mind, not software developers. As a result, they offer very limited tooling for what developers need most:
building, testing and running their software. For example, VMs offer no facilities for application versioning, monitoring, configuration, logging or service discovery.
building, testing and running their software. For example, VMs offer no facilities for application versioning, monitoring, configuration, logging or service discovery.
By contrast, Docker relies on a different sandboxing method known as *containerization*. Unlike traditional virtualization,
containerization takes place at the kernel level. Most modern operating system kernels now support the primitives necessary
for containerization, including Linux with [openvz](http://openvz.org), [vserver](http://linux-vserver.org) and more recently [lxc](http://lxc.sourceforge.net),
Solaris with [zones](http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E29024/preface-1.html#scrolltoc) and FreeBSD with [Jails](http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/jails.html).
Solaris with [zones](http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E29024/preface-1.html#scrolltoc) and FreeBSD with [Jails](http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/jails.html).
Docker builds on top of these low-level primitives to offer developers a portable format and runtime environment that solves
all 4 problems. Docker containers are small (and their transfer can be optimized with layers), they have basically zero memory and cpu overhead,
@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ A common problem for developers is the difficulty of managing all their applicat
This is usually difficult for several reasons:
* *Cross-platform dependencies*. Modern applications often depend on a combination of system libraries and binaries, language-specific packages, framework-specific modules,
internal components developed for another project, etc. These dependencies live in different "worlds" and require different tools - these tools typically don't work
well with each other, requiring awkward custom integrations.
internal components developed for another project, etc. These dependencies live in different "worlds" and require different tools - these tools typically don't work
well with each other, requiring awkward custom integrations.
* Conflicting dependencies. Different applications may depend on different versions of the same dependency. Packaging tools handle these situations with various degrees of ease -
but they all handle them in different and incompatible ways, which again forces the developer to do extra work.
but they all handle them in different and incompatible ways, which again forces the developer to do extra work.
* Custom dependencies. A developer may need to prepare a custom version of his application's dependency. Some packaging systems can handle custom versions of a dependency,
others can't - and all of them handle it differently.
* Custom dependencies. A developer may need to prepare a custom version of their application's dependency. Some packaging systems can handle custom versions of a dependency,
others can't - and all of them handle it differently.
Docker solves dependency hell by giving the developer a simple way to express *all* his application's dependencies in one place,
Docker solves dependency hell by giving the developer a simple way to express *all* their application's dependencies in one place,
and streamline the process of assembling them. If this makes you think of [XKCD 927](http://xkcd.com/927/), don't worry. Docker doesn't
*replace* your favorite packaging systems. It simply orchestrates their use in a simple and repeatable way. How does it do that? With layers.