Servers as Processes
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Imagine running servers as processes. Could be the future of Linux workloads.
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Docker is huge in moving us in that direction.
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@Reid-Cooper said:
Imagine running servers as processes. Could be the future of Linux workloads.
The software I support uses a license server that runs like this. It's just a running process that listens on a port for license file requests.
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@Bill-Kindle said:
The software I support uses a license server that runs like this. It's just a running process that listens on a port for license file requests.
Um, but is it a full server? It sounds like you are describing a process.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
The software I support uses a license server that runs like this. It's just a running process that listens on a port for license file requests.
Um, but is it a full server? It sounds like you are describing a process.
Define server. software or hardware?
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I guess I don't understand how you can get away from the server model unless you give each process it's own infrastructure to resources, and that seems like a huge duplication of work?
Do I understand Docker correctly - does it work by siloing processes and using a single base OS image to run from? If that's true, what happens when you patch the base system? or can't you? instead you have to patch any base OS holes in silos?
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@Bill-Kindle said:
Define server. software or hardware?
They mean a fully virtualized server running as a process. Not like what you are talking about. A server with its own application load. You are thinking of a service. Yes a service is a "server" but this is about SERVER like a full OS effectively.
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@Dashrender said:
Do I understand Docker correctly - does it work by siloing processes and using a single base OS image to run from? If that's true, what happens when you patch the base system? or can't you? instead you have to patch any base OS holes in silos?
Docker I believe that you can still patch separately. Zones can be patched separately.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Bill-Kindle said:
Define server. software or hardware?
They mean a fully virtualized server running as a process. Not like what you are talking about. A server with its own application load. You are thinking of a service. Yes a service is a "server" but this is about SERVER like a full OS effectively.
Okay I see what you are saying now. This is what Docker is right? (didn't see the below reply)
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@Bill-Kindle said:
Okay I see what you are saying now. This is what Docker is right? (didn't see the below reply)
Correct. It is a "container" rather than virtualization. Similar, but slightly different.
