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Discussion on: When Does It Make Sense to Use Docker?

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Carlos Pereira

Nice insight, but shouldn't we use Docker for other reasons?
For example, it's easier to backup and restore a container and if needed move it to another machine.

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Marko Anastasov

You mean like have a binary that works 5 years later, even though it's become ~impossible to recreate it?

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Carlos Pereira

I was talking about something like this:
stackoverflow.com/questions/287340...
I don't see containers as a binary. For me is more like a simplified VM.

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Marko Anastasov

Both a Docker container and VM images are binaries...