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Containerization vs. Virtualization

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Containerization vs. Virtualization

Virtualization creates VMs with separate OS instances on hypervisors, offering strong isolation but using more resources. Containerization shares OS kernel for lighter, faster-starting containers ideal for microservices. VMs provide better security isolation; containers offer efficiency and scalability.

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