Tag: containers
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VMs and Containers, Choosing the Right Compute Model (VCAP-VKS Exam Series, Part 2)
Objective 1.1 asks you to pick a compute model, not define a container. Here is how vSphere Pods, VM Service virtual machines and VKS clusters actually differ on a VCF 9.0 Supervisor, with a selection matrix, measured provisioning times and the trap that catches vSphere admins.
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Kubernetes Cost Allocation and Container FinOps (Cloud FinOps Series, Part 15)
A Kubernetes bill arrives as one enormous compute line with no team names on it. How asset, workload, idle and overhead costs actually split, what the control plane really costs on EKS, GKE and AKS, and who should be charged for idle.
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What Does Kubernetes Actually Do, and When Do You Need It? (DevOps for Beginners, Part 9)
Kubernetes basics for beginners: pods, nodes, deployments and services, how desired state and self-healing work, reading CrashLoopBackOff, and when you actually need it.
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Build Your First Container Image With Docker (DevOps for Beginners, Part 8)
Containers and Docker for beginners: how a Dockerfile becomes an image and a running container, containers versus virtual machines, ports, volumes, and layer caching.
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The DevOps Lifecycle and the Toolchain Behind It (DevOps for Beginners, Part 3)
A plain map of the eight-stage DevOps lifecycle and the tools that run each stage, with a real CI pipeline you can trace from git push to live.
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Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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