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		ec109685 on Feb 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Databases Are Not for Docker Containers Containers give the OS the ability to optimally schedule processes among them. VMs are black boxes to the hypervisor, limiting its ability to optimize.

user5994461 on Feb 7, 2017 [–]

The hypervisor has processes inside the VMs. It has limited control but it is far from blind.

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